{"id":429970,"date":"2026-03-07T13:30:49","date_gmt":"2026-03-07T12:30:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=429970"},"modified":"2026-03-07T13:30:51","modified_gmt":"2026-03-07T12:30:51","slug":"peak-rock-the-onion-goes-neo-malthusian-fixity-depletion-curse-expands","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=429970","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Peak Rock\u2019: The ONION Goes Neo-Malthusian (Fixity\/ depletion curse expands)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"687\" height=\"1024\" data-attachment-id=\"429975\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=429975\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/0-Methods-For-Modern-Rock-Conservation.jpg?fit=784%2C1168&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"784,1168\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"0 Methods For Modern Rock Conservation\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/0-Methods-For-Modern-Rock-Conservation.jpg?fit=687%2C1024&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/0-Methods-For-Modern-Rock-Conservation.jpg?resize=687%2C1024&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-429975\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/0-Methods-For-Modern-Rock-Conservation.jpg?resize=687%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 687w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/0-Methods-For-Modern-Rock-Conservation.jpg?resize=201%2C300&amp;ssl=1 201w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/0-Methods-For-Modern-Rock-Conservation.jpg?resize=768%2C1144&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/0-Methods-For-Modern-Rock-Conservation.jpg?resize=640%2C953&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/0-Methods-For-Modern-Rock-Conservation.jpg?w=784&amp;ssl=1 784w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 687px) 100vw, 687px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">From The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.masterresource.org\/malthusianism\/peak-rock-onion-fixity-depletion-curse\/\">Master Resource<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By Robert Bradley Jr.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Ed. Note<\/strong>: This short piece by Robert Bradley Jr.&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.masterresource.org\/malthusianism\/peak-rock-parody\/\">from mid-2012<\/a>&nbsp;is reproduced verbatim. It is good to have a laugh sometimes in the energy debates, which the Onion parody (below) invited. Serious posts on Peak Oil can be found&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/ww.masterresource.org\/?s=Peak+Oil\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe are on a collision course to a world without rocks. Only take as many rocks as you absolutely need.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;\u2013 Dr. Victoria&nbsp; Merrill, author, \u201c<em>No Stone Unturned: Methods for Modern Rock Conservation<\/em>\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThink about it. When was the last time you even saw a boulder?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \u2013 Henry Kaiser (geologist and&nbsp;<em>Onion<\/em>&nbsp;expert)<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The easy oil has been found. There are no more mega-fields. Costs up \u2026 prices up \u2026 economic stress \u2026&nbsp;<em>crises<\/em>. We have such certain knowledge from the smartest guys in many rooms:&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.masterresource.org\/category\/ehrlich-paul\/\">Paul Ehrlich<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.masterresource.org\/category\/holdren-john\/\">John Holdren<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Colin_Campbell_(geologist)\">Colin Campbell<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jean_Laherr%C3%A8re\">Jean Laherr\u00e8re<\/a>,&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/richardheinberg.com\/\">Richard Heinberg<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Chris_Skrebowski\">Chris Skrebowski<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.masterresource.org\/category\/simmons-matt\/\">Matthew Simmons<\/a>, \u2026. and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/#hl=en&amp;output=search&amp;sclient=psy-ab&amp;q=Kenneth+Deffeyes&amp;oq=Kenneth+Deffeyes&amp;aq=f&amp;aqi=g3g-K1&amp;aql=&amp;gs_l=hp.3..0l3j0i30.1278.1278.0.1838.1.1.0.0.0.0.100.100.0j1.1.0...0.0.gKnhQj6-EZo&amp;pbx=1&amp;bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_qf.,cf.osb&amp;fp=ef9486ff16f3066&amp;biw=1280&amp;bih=803\">Kenneth Deffeyes<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Oil output peaked on December 16, 2005, in case you did not know it, according to geologist Kenneth Deffeyes in his 2010 book&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.princeton.edu\/hubbert\/\">When Oil Peaked<\/a>, available at Amazon in hardcover for one penny (yes,&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/When-Oil-Peaked-Kenneth-Deffeyes\/dp\/0809094711\/\">one penny<\/a>!).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Deffeyes in this book updated his analysis from his previous tomes,&nbsp;<em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Hubberts-Peak-Impending-World-Shortage\/dp\/0691141193\/ref=sr_1_2\">Hubbert\u2019s Peak<\/a><\/em>&nbsp;(2001) and&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Beyond-Oil-View-Hubberts-Peak\/dp\/080902957X\/ref=sr_1_1\"><em>Beyond Oil: The View from Hubbert\u2019s Peak<\/em><\/a>&nbsp;(2005).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Two quotes from Princeton University-affiliated Deffeyes are highlighted at&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kenneth_S._Deffeyes\">Wikipedia<\/a>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>\u201cCrude oil is much too valuable to be burned as a fuel.\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cThe economists all think that if you show up at the cashier\u2019s cage with enough currency, God will put more oil in ground.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Onion Weighs In<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Well,&nbsp;<em><a href=\"http:\/\/theonion.com\/geologists-we-may-be-slowly-running-out-of-rocks-1819571484\/\">The Onion<\/a><\/em>&nbsp;has&nbsp;taken Deffeyes logic to a new level. Yes, rock exhaustion is hard to imagine right now, but the fixity\/depletion principle is indisputably at work. The&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/theonion.com\/geologists-we-may-be-slowly-running-out-of-rocks-1819571484\/\">article<\/a>&nbsp;follows:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Geologists: \u2018We May Be Slowly Running Out of Rocks\u2019<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">May 1, 2010 | RALEIGH, NC\u2014A coalition of geologists are challenging the way we look at global stone reserves, claiming that, unless smarter methods of preservation are developed, mankind will eventually run out of rocks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIf we do not stop using them up at our current rate, rocks as we know them will be a thing of the past,\u201d renowned geologist Henry Kaiser said at a press conference Tuesday. \u201cIgneous, metamorphic, even sedimentary: all of them could be gone in as little as 500,000 years.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThink about it,\u201d Kaiser added. \u201cWhen was the last time you even saw a boulder?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The scientists warned that, although people have long considered the world\u2019s rock supply to be inexhaustible, it has not created a significant number of new rocks since the planet cooled some 3.5 billion years ago. Moreover, the earth\u2019s rocks have been very slowly depleting in the last century due to growing demand for fireplace mantels, rock gardens, gravel, and paperweights.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kaiser claims that humanity has \u201cwreaked havoc\u201d on the earth\u2019s stones by picking them up, carrying them around, and displacing them from their natural habitat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cA rock can take millions of years to form, but it only takes a second for someone to skip a smooth pebble into a lake, and then it is gone.\u201d Dr. Kaiser said. \u201cPerhaps these thoughtless rock-skippers don\u2019t care if they leave our planet completely devoid of rocks, but what about our children? Don\u2019t they deserve the chance to hold a rock and toss it up and down a few times?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Continued Kaiser, \u201cWe are on a collision course to a world without rocks.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Geologist Victoria Merrill, who has been at the forefront of the rock conservation battle since 2004, said there are simple steps people can take to reduce their rock consumption.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cOnly take as many rocks as you absolutely need,\u201d said Dr. Merrill, author of the book&nbsp;<em>No Stone Unturned: Methods For Modern Rock Conservation<\/em>. \u201cAnd once you are finished with your rocks, do not simply huck them into the woods. Place the rock down gently where you found it so that others may look at the rock and enjoy it for years to come.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Merrill went on to point out that, even if there were some \u201cmagic hole\u201d in the earth\u2019s crust that could miraculously spew out rocks every 10 years or so, modern society\u2019s obsession with rocks means that we would still run out of them far more quickly than they could be replenished.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cJust look at the pet rock craze: In 10 years, millions upon millions of rocks were painted, played with, and discarded like trash,\u201d Merrill said. \u201cLooking back, mankind\u2019s arrogance and hubris is startling.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But critics of the movement have already begun to surface, claiming that Kaiser and his colleagues are simply preying on people\u2019s fears of losing rocks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While acknowledging that we should reduce our dependence on foreign rocks, many have argued that the current rock supply could easily last for the next 2 million years, by which time technology will have advanced enough to allow for the production of endless quantities of cheap, durable basalt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Others who oppose the rock-loss theory claim that rocks were put on the earth to be used by humans in marble statues or kitchen countertops as they see fit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cTake the Rocky Mountains, for example: There\u2019s plenty of rocks right there,\u201d Colorado resident Kyle Peters said. \u201cIt\u2019s our right as Americans to use as many rocks as we need for whatever purposes we decide, and no scientist is going to scare me into thinking otherwise.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThis country was built on rocks,\u201d he added. \u201cRemember that.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cWe are on a collision course to a world without rocks. Only take as many rocks as you absolutely need.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>        \u2013 Dr. Victoria  Merrill, author, \u201cNo Stone Unturned: Methods for Modern Rock Conservation\u201c<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThink about it. When was the last time you even saw a boulder?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>         \u2013 Henry Kaiser (geologist and Onion expert)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":121246920,"featured_media":429975,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","_crdt_document":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[691822760,691841761,691822583],"class_list":{"0":"post-429970","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"hentry","7":"category-uncategorized","8":"tag-crude-oil","9":"tag-mega-fields","10":"tag-peak-oil","12":"fallback-thumbnail"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/0-Methods-For-Modern-Rock-Conservation.jpg?fit=784%2C1168&ssl=1","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paxLW1-1NR0","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":423365,"url":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=423365","url_meta":{"origin":429970,"position":0},"title":"NYT \u201cBig Oil\u201d Narrative Challenged","author":"uwe.roland.gross","date":"27\/01\/2026","format":false,"excerpt":"An article in the New York Times last month on Harold Hamm was in the long tradition of Big Oil, Big Politics, Big Corruption. \u201cThe Oilman Who Pushed Trump to Go All In on Fossil Fuels\u201d (December 12, 2025) was authored by Eric Lipton and Rebecca F. 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