Timothy Stolz

What Happened to Peak Oil?

It is likely a generation will pass, at least in the US, before a significant amount of renewable energy is available to be harnessed, to offset enough of our oil based consumption to avert "peak oil."
There are just too many people who, as one presidential candidate uses the phrase, "just don't get it" that by virtue of their personal oil consumption habits stand in the way of any near term measurable success. I define "near term" as 20-30 years for the purposes of this discussion.
On the other hand, it seems that an entire generation of young people who are at the age to become politically active "do get it" and are enlightened enough about the potential environmental and economic concerns, to promote the changes necessary to deal with this demon we have named "peak oil."
For those of us caught in the middle of this conflict, our work is to encourage and to offer support and guidance to that younger generation's effort where are abilities and finances provide us an opportunity to do so.
Once we "know what we know" that knowledge brings with it a moral imperative to act.
We need to help the issues of the day move forward and address the present as well as potential future deterioration of our economy and the environment.