> On 3/16/06, Miles Jackson <cqmv at pdx.edu> wrote:
>
> > This is a bizzare claim: of course oil production will peak at some
> > point and then decline! Fossil fuels are a finite resource. Do you
>
> Careful -- who'd heard of the oil peak until a few years ago? (I'm
> not disputing it.)
>
> --
> Andy
It's been talked about by oil geologists since the very early '50's but until recently not enough was known to allow an acurate attempt at a projection. 50 years is more than "a few years ago".
John Thornton