I remember as a 17-year old, getting into a discussion with the father of a girl I was dating, as I was waiting for her to finish getting ready for our date. I was trying to sound smart and repeated some of that nonsense I'd heard about the world running out of oil by the year 2000. I'd heard it at a symposium I attended for prospective engineering students, from a well-regarded Petroleum Engineer from Texas A&M.
Here dad just laughed at me, told me that was bulljive and to find better sources.
That was truly embarrassing, but on the flipside, I was boning his very hot blonde daughter, so I guess it turned out alright.