Expert: “Peak oil” will force changes

Optimist that he is, Greg Pahl actually sees an upside to the latest jump in fuel prices: the growing realization among Americans that the gas crisis isn’t going away.

“And those who do think this is a temporary anomaly are dreaming,” the author and renewable energy expert said in a phone interview from his home in Weybridge, Vt. “They don’t understand what we’re getting into here. This is just the beginning.”