Peak oil theory was not disproven; rather, the prediction that global conventional oil production would decline came true, but the peak oil crowd did not anticipate the US shale revolution, which offset decline elsewhere by raising US production from 5 to 13 million barrels per day
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“the peak oil crowd didn't anticipate was the U.S Shale Revolution which made up for that we went from 5 million barrels a day to 13 million barrels A Day in the United States as the rest of the world went down by the same amount”
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