A Realistic Look At Peak Oil?
I love a good post apocalyptic story. Peak oil has been my favorite as of late, but what will it really look like? The fact of the matter is the US is still the world’s third largest producer of oil, and major discoveries will continue to be made, even after the peak. A much more likely story is that our ability to import will fall dramatically, leading not to a complete loss of oil, but rather a dramatic redistribution of how we use it. I particularly like the comparison to airlines. No more empty seats.
Hopefully we will use that realignment to come up with some other ways of generating and distributing the energy we need to maintain our standard of living.