If every new beginning is another beginning’s end, where’s the middle?

If US mainland oil discovery peaked in the 1930’s,
leading to a production peak in the early 1970’s,
and world discovery peaked in the 1960’s, when should global oil production peak?

Think of the Earth as a living organism…being attacked by billions of bacteria,
whose numbers double every forty years.

Gore Vidal

If more money and energy equals more food,
and more food equals more people,
will less fossil fuel lead to less food …?