IEA:s new motto: "We should leave oil before it leaves us"

Fatih Birol, the chief economist of International Energy Agency, was interview in the german magazine Internationale Politik recently. He made several interesting. The most intriguing is perhaps his new motto: "Leave oil before it leaves us"

Some other statements were these
"We see a sharp decline in production from the existing oil fields, especially in the North Sea, the USA and many non-OPEC countries."

"Exactly 12.5 million barrel a day are still missing, about 15 % of the global oil demand. This gap means that we could face a supply shortage and very high prices during the next years."

"I think we should leave oil before it leaves us. That should be our motto."

Read the original interview: Internationale Politik (In german)
Or a english translation: Newsvine