94.78% of people agree, using more significant figures makes you sound smarter.
Anyway, the debate is pretty academic. Barring inorganic-oil theories, either oil will peak in 2005 or in 2015 or 2045 -- nobody knows for sure, and the necessary reaction to take is the same in each case. We just need to be sure we have competent leaders as often as possible to maximize the chance they'll be in place when we need them.
Posted by JohnKeats (Member # 1261) on :
quote:We simply do not yet have the economic solutions or technologies that would permit us to meet future energy demands without carbon emissions growth.
We do not have the resource base to be energy independent.