Say goodbye to cheap oil

[ramapo]

Another article predicting that the s**t is about to hit the fan. Many of us have long expected it as it is only common sense that our society cannot continue on the same course as we've followed the past 40 years.

Is the great reckoning really upon us or will the party continue for awhile longer?


"FOR THE TENS of millions of American motorists patiently waiting for gas prices to come back to Earth, the news from the oil markets is not encouraging....What happened? In simplest terms, what we're seeing are the final months of a 25-year oil boom....Barring the unexpected, oil prices have no place to go but up - and the United States isn't well-prepared for a high-cost oil future. The world's most technologically advanced nation has made only feeble efforts to develop alternatives to oil or to improve fuel efficiency....And if U.S. voters aren't worried about oil, U.S. politicians aren't either..."

The last sentence pinpoints the problem. We have met the enemy and it is us.

http://www.northjersey.com/page.php?qstr=eXJpcnk3ZjcxN2Y3dnFlZUVFeXkxNCZmZ2JlbDdmN3ZxZWVFRXl5NjUwNjg1MQ==

The author, Paul Roberts, has a book coming out in May, "The End of Oil: On the Edge of a Perilous New World".

[Catfight]

1. Part of the Bush Drill in America Plan

Both Bush brothers are determined to allow gas prices to rise, instead of finding fuel alternatives and stop giving 100k tax breaks to Hummer owners, they want to drill in America. As long as Americans continue to pay more at the pump and not complain or reduce consumption, the Bushies get pissed. I'm willing to pay 5 bucks a gallon and raise taxes in florida for a high speed rail system, just so we don't have to drill off our coast.

[Sandpiper]

2. Very glad

That my wife and I both drive 4 cylinders.

[peachy]

3. I'm shocked

at the lack of attention that this issue gets. Our agricultural system is hopelessly dependent on cheap oil. More and more evidence makes it appear that the worlds peak oil production happened in 2001 and we are in no way prepared for the future. There is no viable replacement.
If we do not acknowledge and address this problem real soon we commit ourselves to just the perpetual war future that the BushCo envisions - regardless of who is in power.

[kalian]

5. Not just agriculture....how about water purification...?

The entire economy is complelely dependent on oil. There are over
500,000 products that trace their roots to the black liquid....

People...this is a VERY serious issue and one that is being
ignored.

[kalian]

4. Its all about peak oil.....

but you will constantly find plenty of naysayers around... :eyes:
I read "The Party's Over" and it sent chills down my spine. We're
in very deep shit. Perpetual war doesn't even begin to describe it.

[salinen]

6. Folks, that's why we have

a world class military machine. When times get tough, we roll out the F-16's and take what is rightfully ours from the dirty brown people.

[peachy]

7. too close to true

to be funny...

[cosmicdot]

8. think the Bushies benefit? (another link for article below)

that'll slow our rapidly mobile society down ... but, where will road rage be channeled?

:scared:

another link for article:

http://www.evworld.com/view.cfm?section=communique&newsid=5324

[Ricdude]

9. Goodbye, Cheap Oil, It's been nice knowing you...

Farewell, au revoir, saranora, and all those goodbye things.

Maybe now, people will start looking at conservation and alternatives seriously... I'm so glad I bought a diesel car a year ago (one year ago today!), 45 mpg mixed driving, and it doesn't require petroleum based fuel...