Peak Oil — Beyond Fear

Upon first hearing about Peak Oil, a few years ago, I doubted it. “Just Big Oil propaganda to raise gas prices,” I initially thought. But the more I read about how our natural petroleum supply will reach its mid-point and then dwindle, the more convinced I became. So I got angry — at Big Oil for not informing us and at Americans for over-consuming a limited, non-renewable resource.

Then I got afraid. What would happen to all my careful plans? How could I get the food, water, and other essentials that I need to survive without the oil that drives our cars and runs modern agriculture? One’s first response to hearing about Peak Oil is likely to be denial, bolstered by arguments about why it could not be so.
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