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Roscoe Bartlett: I was arguing with myself and with the staff. We were discussing it. Should we call it the ``great rollover,'' and it…

On the recordMarch 15, 2007
I was arguing with myself and with the staff. We were discussing it. Should we call it the ``great rollover,'' and it will be a great rollover, or should we call it ``peak oil''? We finally settled on ``peak oil,'' and now today there is an increasing number of people who are concerned about peak oil.
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Roscoe Bartlett
Maryland

Editor's note · Context

Discussing the terminology and recognition of the peak oil phenomenon.

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