Quotes About Natural decline

What, then, is the future of the $5 trillion global oil and gas industry that supplies almost 60 percent of world energy? The industry will continue to need to find and develop another three to five billion barrels a year just to make up for the natural decline in oil fields, which happens after a field has been in production for some time. The International Energy Agency estimates that over $20 trillion of investment in oil and gas development will be required over the next two decades.

Sus ojos seguían fijos en la luz declinante y en la creciente oscuridad. Esa negrura preternatural que parece decir a la más luminosa y sublime obra de Dios: «Déjame el sitio; acaba ya de brillar».

Only entropy comes easy.

It is generally not possible simply to maintain a level of process performance. A process will tend to erode no matter what, even if a standard is defined, explained to everyone, and posted. […] Any organized process naturally tends to decline to a chaotic state if we leave it alone. […] A process is either slipping back or being improved.«