Peak Oil showed itself to be a thought stopper, so it has not been referred to directly here for a while. But the 1984 bullshit I ran into searching for us on Google today puts me in a mood.
* The medium link is planted by a government agency to lead people away from here. Including a link to the original Diner which has moved HERE! The original link being dead. Look at it while you can. Now that I have found it this link to a smoking gun of American Fascism Lite will soon vanish.
Civilization is three times as big as it was half a century ago. The transition to Oil Shale will thus begin three times sooner. As will the total Fascism needed to make the last exploitation work out being as so many will be left behind.
Volume volume volume Volume and then none.
This is not 'the' peak. Red is only the tight oil peak. The second to last fossil fuel to play a substitution game with. Now oil shale will put palm trees on Arctic shores.
Oil Shale will be the dirt on the grave.