reply to post by jackinthebox
I think that there is also reason to create the illusion that we are not running out of oil, to stave off the development of alternative energy
sources and fuel efficient vehicles. I honestly think the people at the top of the oil pyramid are so power hungry, that they don't care if they are
setting the planet up for disaster. They figure their wealth will carry them through, and that if the world fails to deal with this problem on time,
in the end, they can wind up with even more power and control over the world.
I don't think we are running out of oil, I think we are running out of easy to access high quality crude. This means that the price of oil will
continue to increase. Here is the big kicker, if we start developing alternative energy sources now, then we can dodge having to hand over more and
more of our earnings to feed our cars and keep going to work and to the store in the future. AS long as the myth can be perpetuated that we are not
running out of oil, people are less likely to start seriously looking for alternative energy sources, and more fuel efficient cars. Pretending that
we are not running out of oil, benefits the oil companies more than the other way around.
The sooner we develop independence from oil, the better off we will be.