Lucien Inkblot

How $30/Barrel Oil Could Save the World

Woah there cowboy. Don't you see that the problem IS oil? Yes, it will hurt, but we have to switch. Oil is a fossil fuel. Non-renewable. The tank will run dry, oil will go away, and we'll run out forever.

Though I agree generally with making basic services not-for-profit, at least for private consumers, we need ridiculously high oil prices. If speculators and market fundamentals don't take care of it, government should with VERY HIGH taxes on fossil fuels. The day that we can't afford gas is the day we start seriously looking elsewhere. And that day needs to come sooner than later, before there really isn't any left and modern life grinds to a halt.