ODOT’s Peak At The Future

In theory, there are few things less terrifying than an Oregon Department of Transportation report detailing a pilot program to tax motorists by mileage driven.

But tucked into the 55-page report on the possibility of trading taxes by the gallon for taxes by the mile (see “Back-Seat Big Brother,” May 25, 2005) is one passage that-if you like highway travel and the American Way of Life-is more than a little frightening.

“Some petroleum industry experts predict that before 2010 the world production of conventional oil will crest and enter a permanent decline,” the report states under the heading “Peak Oil.”
Willamette Week Online