Peak Oil

Peak Oil has failed so many times that you need a lot of faith to still believe in itIt's been a constant concern since oil became critical to industrial economies. The old adage about fusion is that it's 25 years away and always will be; we could have corollary for Peak Oil in that it's just around the corner and always will be.This is true of Malthusianism generally. Its empirical record is dogshit, which doesn't necessarily refute any particular Malthusian claim but gives ample reason to be skeptical of all of them.Belief oil reserves reaching a peak. A form of depletionism."The Stone Age did not end because we ran out of stone, but because bronze and iron proved to be better substitutes," Colin Campbell wrote in 2001. "Firewood gave way to coal; and coal to oil and gas, not because they ran out or went into short supply but because the substitutes were cheaper and more efficient. But now, oil production does reach a peak without sight of a preferred substitute."
== Rhiozomata ==
Doomerism