https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🧵" title="Thread" aria-label="Emoji: Thread">July 19, 1909- Titusville Herald: Oil and Gas will eventually be exhausted in 25 to 30 years based on predictions made by US Geological Survey
https://www.scribd.com/document/16415562/1909-July-19-Titusville-Herald-Titusville-PA-Article">https://www.scribd.com/document/...
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🧵" title="Thread" aria-label="Emoji: Thread">March 9, 1937-Brooklyn Daily Eagle: Capt. H. A. Stuart, director of the naval petroleum reserves, tells the Senate Naval Affairs Committee that the US oil supply will last only about 15 years.
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🧵" title="Thread" aria-label="Emoji: Thread">June 7, 1943-Bradford Evening Star: Peak Oil has been Reached! "There is a growing opinion that the United States has reached its peak oil production, the Oil and Gas Journal pointed out in its current issue..." https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/76700239/">https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/...
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🧵" title="Thread" aria-label="Emoji: Thread">August 3, 1966- Brandon Sun (Brandon, Manitoba): Gone In 10 Years- "A geologist stuck a figurative dipstick into the United States& #39; oil supplies Tuesday and estimated that the country may be dry in 10 years." https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/67086773/">https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/...
July 9, 1971- Washington Post: New Ice Age Coming within 50 Years- Dr. A. I. Rasool, Nat. Aeronautics and Space Admin, claims ”fine dust” from burning fossil fuels will block out the sun.
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🧵" title="Thread" aria-label="Emoji: Thread">May 1972- Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists: US Oil Depleted in 20 Years- "At any rate, US oil supplies will last only 20 years. Foreign supplies will last 40 or 50 years, but are increasingly dependent upon world politics." https://books.google.com/books/about/Bulletin_of_the_Atomic_Scientists.html?id=pwsAAAAAMBAJ">https://books.google.com/books/abo...
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🧵" title="Thread" aria-label="Emoji: Thread">1977- US Department of Energy Organisation Act: Peak Oil by Early 90’s- "We must recognise that world oil production will likely peak in the early 1990& #39;s, and from that point on will be on a declining curve." https://books.google.com/books/about/Department_of_Energy_Organization_Act.html?id=s9IeQXiuJDsC">https://books.google.com/books/abo...
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