The Death of Peak Oil (at least for now)

[GliderGuider]

2. Yes, the same bias is part of my lowball estimate of our sustainability.

I'd disagree about how common the expression of "I wish it would all just end" was among the PO crowd. I didn't see much of it, and I was pretty embedded in the group. I saw a lot of fascination with the idea of a crash, but it was more along the lines of "it will happen" as opposed to "I want it to happen". I see far more of the latter coming up now in the NTHE crowd. It wears various disguises, but underneath many of them is the feeling that humanity is a pathogen, and needs to be cured for the sake of Gaia.

I've had that feeling, but I've worked hard over the last few years to get beyond it, with varying degrees of success. This is what underpins my current attitude of "watchful waiting". I no longer think we all deserve to die, but don't want to encourage us in further growth, and I know things can't keep on going as they have for much long. So I watch and wait. And make graphs and argue about shit while I do...