Did Carter talk to Hubbert?

pstarr · Posted: Mon Feb 06, 2006 12:33 pm Post subject: Did Carter talk to Hubbert?

Does anyone know if President Jimmy Carter read or was familiar with M. King Hubbert's work before his fireside chat.

bart · Posted: Mon Feb 06, 2006 2:53 pm Post subject: Re: Did Carter talk to Hubbert?

Good question.

It may not have been necessary for Carter to have spoken to Hubbert. The ideas of energy depletion were widespread in the culture, with a high level of analysis.

For example, the April 19, 1974 issue of SCIENCE was devoted to the energy crisis.
(The articles are online at http://www.sciencemag.org/feature/data/energy/energy-1974.dtl )

- Bart

pstarr · Posted: Mon Feb 06, 2006 3:25 pm Post subject: Re: Did Carter talk to Hubbert?

Thanks for the Science Article. It could have been written today. Canadian Tar sands were not yet making money and Colorado Shale was just around the corner.

coyote · Posted: Mon Feb 06, 2006 7:49 pm Post subject: Re: Did Carter talk to Hubbert?

Thanks for the articles Bart. This'll be a great rebuttal to the 'somebody predicted depletion way back when...' argument. "Oh yeah? Well here's what people thought was going to save us..."
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