Al Gore

Oil prices (then near record highs in July 2008) will keep rising over the next couple of years unless the world shifts away from oil.

“the demand for oil is growing so rapidly that the price is almost certainly going to continue to go up until we shift away from a dependence on oil and coal and towards renewable energy.”

Said on

17 July 2008 · NPR Talk of the Nation interview on the day of his 'Repower America' speech; no window stated, inferred ~2 years

Source

Talk of the Nation: Al Gore (transcript) · NPR

Should come true

2010

How sure they sounded

almost certainly going to

Categories

EnergyMarkets

Importance

3 of 5 · Oil prices shape national economies and energy policy worldwide.

Outcome

Inaccurate

Inferred window ~2 years (no time stated). Oil peaked at $147 days before the remark (11 July 2008) and collapsed to about $32 by December 2008 as the recession cut demand; it remained well below the 2008 peak through mid-2010.

Evidence:

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000s_energy_crisis