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Request for Comment: Inclusion of view that global warming limited by fossil fuel scarcity
This is a dispute about whether there should be a statement of some form along that lines that some experts believe that global warming will be limited by the availability of fossil fuels.

Statements by editors previously involved in dispute
1. The peak oil article and global warming provide two very different and arguably contradictory views on fuel supply. The global warming article, whilst naming fossil fuels as a major contributor to global warming gives no indication that fossil fuel limitation will at any period of time be a limit to human activity. The peak oil article suggests that fossil fuel is an immediate and serious threat to mankind.

2. There have been several articles in reputable journals that specifically state that global warming will be restricted as fossil fuels "run out". new scientist and Journal de Physique

In response the view seems to be:

1. That peak oil is false and therefore does not warrant mention in the global warming article.

2. That peak oil has nothing to do with global warming

3. That "this viewpoint is held by an extremely small (or vastly limited) minority, and it does not belong in Wikipedia (except perhaps in some ancillary article) regardless of whether it is true or not" Raymond Arritt 20:48, 1 February 2007 (UTC) In effect, I view this dispute as to whether the global warming article should have some information to make readers aware that there is an alternative and seemingly contradictory article on the subject in the peak oil/gas/coal model and therefore are given the opportunity to go and read the article and decide for themselves. LordsReform 23:47, 1 February 2007 (UTC)