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peakist en · NOUN

Etymology

Etymology tree English peak Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English peakist From peak + -ist.

Meanings

1. A supporter of the peak oil theory, or one who advocates policies that depend on this theory.
   • A pure 'peakist' view questions how much longer conventional (cheaper) supplies of fossil fuels will continue. 2012, H. Herring, Living in a Low-Carbon Society in 2050:
   • If you mention this theory to a hard-core peakist like Mr. [Matthew] Simmons, you'd better be ready for an earful. "These economists are so smug," he said derisively. "All they talk about is the magic of the free market.[…] 2005 September 10, Joseph Nocera, “On Oil Supply, Opinions Aren't Scarce”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
   • The nuclear industray has traditionally argued that there is little danger of the world 'running out' of nuclear fuel in the near future; but there is also a peakist perspective on the uranium resource. 2012, Bob Everett, Energy Systems and Sustainability, page 20:
   • A New York man in his fifites noted that "capitalism requires constant *growth*^([sic]) for it to remain viable as an economic system, but that continuous growth may well no longer be possible due to peak oil," while a peakist in her early forties observed that "capitalism as we know it has grown on the back of cheap energy, particularly oil." 2015, Matthew Schneider-Mayerson, Peak Oil: Apocalyptic Environmentalism and Libertarian Political Culture, page 124:

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Relateds

peakism

Synonyms

peaknik