[gregg1961]

To me the general public seems to act like the frog in a kettle when it comes to the most publicized aspects of oil, namely fuel prices. The water isn't that hot yet, but the heat is on. The frog will just keep sitting there until the water boils at which time it is too late. What will really heat this water, IMHO, will be food shortages. Yes, food prices will probably keep creeping up, but when production actually drops because the costs to produce and transport food to distant markets is when the water will boil our hapless little frog.

I still think the way around this is to set the cost of a barrel of oil at exactly 10% of the cost of a bushel of wheat. But I'm not running for office...

[kam3Oen]

The big problem with "believing in" peak oil is that with peak oil, there's really no hope, sort of like when a 90 year old man checks into the hospital with chest pains. Sure, he might live another year, maybe even 5, but what is certain is that his best days are long behind him. This is peak oil, and is it really surprising that it's hard to convince people who've grown up believing that they are entitled to live better than 19th century noblemen, that they will soon be either dead or pushing a plow. This is also the reason most people believe in god, to deny the inevitability of death, and the pointlessness of life.