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Peak Oil

NYC_SKP

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1. Liar: "I have worked in the oil industry for many years, I'd never heard of Peak Oil" (2005)

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Sat Jul 21, 2012, 12:05 PM

Jul 2012

Lars Schall: Mr Hirsch, in 2005 you were given the task to come up with a report related to Peak Oil. How did this came about?

Robert Hirsch: It came about because I did an analysis to look at the big problems that energy research and development should look into in the future, and I came across something called Peak Oil. Even though I have worked in the oil industry for many years, I'd never heard of Peak Oil. I started to dig deeper and deeper into it, and the deeper I got the more difficult and dangerous the concept was.

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Oil, politics and resource wars [View all] 4dsc Jul 2012 OP

Liar: "I have worked in the oil industry for many years, I'd never heard of Peak Oil" (2005) NYC_SKP Jul 2012 #1

Explain why you believe he's a liar 4dsc Jul 2012 #2

Maybe he was just clueless, or an asshole, or a shill with his head in the sand. NYC_SKP Jul 2012 #3

Most Americans have never heard of peak oil 4dsc Jul 2012 #5

He wasn't "most americans". He worked for shell. NYC_SKP Jul 2012 #6

Because you responce is based on conjecture 4dsc Jul 2012 #7

You, Sir, cannot spell worth a damn. NYC_SKP Jul 2012 #8

PS: M. King Hubert also worked with Shell. NYC_SKP Jul 2012 #4