To be fair to Jeremy Cresswell, I spoke recently with him and he said that he had been writing about Peak Oil for some years now.

Hello Joe. Perceptions spread over a period of time are difficult to judge. My view has been that Energy and the P&J has suffered from optimistic bias like most of the MSM when it comes to financial affairs. This is not necessarily a criticism since they need to produce a paper that people will buy. And in particular, in Aberdeen, broadcasting the truth about our oil and gas supplies would likely attract some criticism.

The important thing now is that this month they have published some pretty hard hitting articles about PO and alternatives. I just hope that every City and Shire councillor and MSP has read these articles and fully understands what the consequences might be.

I let Jeremy see a copy of this before it was published and he seemed happy with the content.

I can back this up - I've seen peak oil articles (usually in Jeremy Cresswells editorial section Energy Eye) quite a while back. Certainly well before it was mainstream.