Claims

Every time governments respond to oil crises, they seek short-term solutions but fail to invest in longer-term energy security measures, and then become complacent when crisis passes, repeating the cycle with next crisis requiring similar emergency responses.

Doomberg published a controversial piece arguing ethanol in gasoline formulations was a cover-up for the lead antiknock scandal; adding ethanol removed the need for lead while simultaneously increasing demand for US corn.

Jean-Baptiste Fros's book 'More and More' argues that there is no evidence of energy transitions out of one fuel type into another; instead, each new energy type is additive and depends on previous energy types, contradicting the Net Zero 2050 thesis of transitioning away from fossil fuels.