Quote from: TDoS on Feb 07, 2024, 04:19 PMQuote from: RE on Feb 06, 2024, 05:49 PMQuote from: TDoS on Feb 06, 2024, 02:55 PMThank you for validating the near impregnable quality of the Groundhog day idea. I thought it would be difficult to refute as well, based on the facts of peak oil history, it seemed a good analogy.
It's an analogy, yes, but that is not what you said. You said it was the same. An analogy is when 2 things have similarities, but they are not the same thing. You wanted to use the same news story over again. Not correct. If you learn the proper use of the English language, we won't have a problem.
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So you are saying that you will happily argue the semantics because you can't refute the analogy I used? Ummm...ok. You win.
There's no reason to refute the analogy, because it's irrelevant. It's ancient history. What is important is the current situation, not the situation as it existed 20 years ago. So far, the Global Peak Energy Consumption (including Peak Oil) figure reached in 2018 has not been exceeded. Until and unless that figure is surpassed, that marks the date for when Peak Oil was reached. Most of the analysis I have read since indicates it will not be surpassed, so Peak Oil is history now, not a projected future date.
We can return to arguing about Peak Oil if/when this figure is surpassed. As of data available today, we have the date for Peak Oil established already. 2018.
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