Peak Oil: A Theory Relegated to History
Of all the three +/- million words I’ve written since I started 2GreenEnergy, I don’t think I’ve ever gotten anything more glaringly wrong than peak oil. The first chapter of my first book, in fact, was an interview with the late Matt Simmons, perhaps the best-known proponent of the peak oil theory in its 50-year history. Here’s an excerpt:
Matthew Simmons served as energy adviser to U.S. President George W. Bush. His book Twilight in the Desert: The Coming Saudi Oil Shock and the World Economy is a thoughtful examination of oil reserve decline rates – a phenomenon that points to the idea of “Peak Oil” – the concept that the world’s capacity to find petroleum is declining. (more…)
I never grow tired of the diversity of modes of expression that 2GreenEnergy readers bring to the table. Frequent commenter Silent Running offers this: “An attempt at Satire. God Rest All Ye Climate Deniers and May your Cries bring Joy to the World when you Fall without Grace on your Denial Swords!!!!”
Here’s one more vexing, albeit inconsequential fact about the U.S. presidential election earlier this month, offered in this article called 
My colleague Jon LeSage writes in the current edition of his 
The annihilation of the rain forests is a terrible thing, but not because plants absorb CO2; their life cycle is close to a net zero on this score, since pretty much whatever happens to them after their death, virtually all the CO2 they absorbed during their lives is returned to the atmosphere. 
Here’s an article I just got from a friend in Central Pennsylvania, Brian McGowan, whom I dub “the ultimate clean energy DIYer”; I always look forward to pics of his garage, with stacks of batteries and assorted electronics that make it resemble a utility substation. 
Here’s an article in today’s edition of “
Marcopolo comments: “….You write from a predetermined position and belief structure…..(which) does obscure objectivity. That’s the problem with listening (and believing) only one side. No doubt the people supporting ALEC are just as passionate and sincere in their beliefs.”
With a rapid rise in business costs and the unstable price of oil on the global market, numerous businesses are looking for alternative energy sources. Choosing sustainable power is also triggered by people’s growing concern for the environment, and the green business model provides companies, both big and small, a chance to increase profits by marketing themselves as an eco-friendly business. 
Thanksgiving Day is an important time in the year at which Americans express gratitude for the many blessings we have, while dismissing from our minds the things we lack or may have lost.
