StarvingLion wrote:There could be a lot of oil out there and nobody would even know it.
There is quite a bit of oil out there. And even you would know it if you knew where to look. Geoscientists being the folks you listen to of course, industry folks have skin in the game, geoscientists just being...well...scientists. Plus, these folks didn't fall for peak oil like "industry" folks, say, Art and Jeff for starters?
http://energy.usgs.gov/OilGas/Assessmen ... sment.aspx