theoildrum.com - 8/28/2009
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This is a guest post by Kevin Rietmann, aka The Dude , on The Oil Drum. The post is a response to Tuesdays NYTimes Op-ed by political scientist Michael Lynch, showing some historical track records between some 'peak oilers' and Lynch and others.
Energy analyst Michael C. Lynch's op-ed piece ...
climateprogress.org - 8/28/2009
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climateprogress.org —
peak_oil2.jpg A guy who has been wrong on
oil prices longer than most has managed to convince...
the New York Times to give him some of their precious op-ed space to issue yet another sure-to-be-wrong prediction. That would be energy consultant Michael ...
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Open challenge to long-wrong Michael Lynch, who ...
gregor.us - 8/24/2009
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The eighth largest oil field in the world
will be dead by the end of next year....
Shall I repeat that, or did you get it the first time? Like the Time to Die Speech of Rutger Hauer at the end of Blade Runner , the Cantarell complex has surely seen its ...
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Clarion Call from Cantarell
nytimes.com - 8/25/2009
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nytimes.com —
Amherst, Mass. REMEMBER “peak oil”? It’s the theory
that geological scarcity will at some point make it...
impossible for global petroleum production to avoid falling, heralding the end of the oil age and, potentially, economic catastrophe. Well, just ...
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Op-Ed Contributor - ‘Peak Oil’ Is a Waste of ...
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Joe Romm to Michael Lynch on peak oil: Wanna bet?
Knowledge Problem —
... for inflation, and so on.
I’m a big fan of the idea of pundits putting their money where their mouth is, so I’d to see Lynch respond with whatever clarifications he needs to fully specify his claim, and then Romm can decide whether he is still willing to offer a wager. I hope they work out a deal.
NOTE: See earlier KP posts on the Lynch op-ed and on a response from The Oil Drum. A second, better response at The Oil Drum has been posted.
ASIDE: I was going ...
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