Kenneth S. Deffeyes Quotes

Through our inattention, we have wasted the years that we might have used to prepare for lessened oil supplies. The next ten years are critical.

In a sense, the fossil fuels are a onetime gift that lifted us up from subsistence agriculture and eventually should lead us to a future based on renewable resources.

Running out of energy in the long run is not the problem.... The bind comes during the next 10 years: getting over our dependence on crude oil.

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.

The economists all think that if you show up at the cashier's cage with enough currency, God will put more oil in ground.