Peak Oil Debunked?

Here is a website that might be of interest to some of you who had questions about the Peak Oil theory.

http://peakoildebunked.blogspot.com/

As it says in the header, the authors of the site do not hold to the abiotic theory. They just assert that the peak is way off in the future.

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