Definitions
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- noun A supporter of the
peak oil theory, or one who advocates policies that depend on this theory
Etymologies
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peak + -ist
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Examples
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Also interesting, a former Saudi Aramco official takes the "peakist" side.
Archive 2006-08-01 Michael Caddell 2006
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Also interesting, a former Saudi Aramco official takes the "peakist" side.
Oil Safari - Chicago Tribune Broadband Michael Caddell 2006
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So urges Robert Hirsch, one of the true eminences of the peakist crowd.
Peak Oil News 2008
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"This is a very risky time to go silent on a problem far deeper and less fixable than the financial mess," said Simmons, author of the 2005 peakist bible "Twilight in the Desert," which cast doubt on Saudi Arabia's abilities to pump evermore oil.
Peak Oil News 2008
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