"This much is certain... No initiative put in place starting today can have a substantial effect on the peak production year. No Caspian Sea exploration, no drilling in the South China Sea, no SUV replacements, no renewable energy projects can be brought on at a sufficient rate to avoid a bidding war for the remaining oil."

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Source : Kenneth S. Deffeyes (2008). “Hubbert's Peak: The Impending World Oil Shortage (New Edition)”, p.149, Princeton University Press

Kenneth S. Deffeyes

#War Quotes #Years Quotes #Sea Quotes

“Look at Goethe, at Lamartine and at many others! To depict feelings on this high plane, you must give up the process of minute and insignificant observation which is the bane of the artists of to-day.”
“If you direct your whole thought to work itself, none of the things which invade eyes or ears will reach the mind.”
“I've dreamed about performing songs, songs that don't even exist, as a complete song.”

Source : "Ted Leo and Ben Arthur Discuss Carly Simon, Joyce Carl Oates, and the Touring Grind". Interview with Ben Arthur, logger.believermag.com. June 26, 2016.
“We're divorced from my father because he did some mean and scary things to us.”
“[My work as a photographer is a] mission to document endangered species and landscapes in order to show a world worth saving.”
“Everything is tedious when one does not read with the feeling of the Author.”
“Sometimes I miss hamburgers, I should say that. I miss the tuna pizzas at Mercer Kitchen.”
“Unhappiness is not knowing what we want and killing ourselves to get it.”

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