Kenneth S. Deffeyes
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Kenneth S. Deffeyes is a geologist who worked with M. King Hubbert of Hubbert's peak fame, at the Shell Oil Company research laboratory in Houston, Texas. In 1967, he began teaching at Princeton University from where he is now Professor Emeritus.
He is the author of the book Hubbert's Peak (2001). In 2005 he published the book Beyond Oil - The view from Hubbert's peak. On February 11, 2006 Deffeyes claimed that world oil production peaked on December 16 2005.[1]
[edit] Quotes
- "Crude oil is much too valuable to be burned as a fuel."
- "The economists all think that if you show up at the cashier's cage with enough currency, God will put more oil in ground."
