Embracing a World of Peak Oil

The latest round of “who’s to blame” for the record gasoline prices has Congress fixing the crosshairs on big oil companies. Yet amid the fingers pointing in every direction we seem to miss the big picture–peak oil has descended.

There’s always a ladder of blame.


We’ve all pulled into our local gas station and felt like pulling our hair out after glancing at the price. But instead of blaming our addiction to gasoline on the monster SUVs that eat $70 holes in our wallets every week, we blame somebody else.

I know you’ve done it, and so have I.

So we gripe to our politicians enough that they question whether their next election is in jeopardy. But if anybody else in our world is good at blaming the wrong person, it’s politicians. At risk of having to find a new job, politicians pass the blame on down the line.

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