Perhaps if one peruses the pages of various "radical" websites, one might think that the end of oil as a globally viable "cheap" energy resource is nigh.
Surely not, right?
Read this
article in the NYTimes
And then go visit Dieoff...them's the radicals...
and then check out the staid, solid, sober professionals...like HubbertPeak.
Note: I am a structural geologist by profession. I have worked for Exxon and Schlumberger, have a doctorate, and am engaged in marine resources research and technology...
The peak is nigh.
The outcome of hitting that peak is dependent uppon our behavior.