It’s time to face reality of finite oil supply

What will happen when the Age of Oil ends?

If you want to understand the ultimate effects, just visualize a crowded interstate highway with four lanes of traffic speeding in each direction. Then imagine what would happen if all the cars and trucks suddenly stopped — not only on that highway but on roads all over the nation and all over the world.


Everything would stop — trucks carrying oil and farm products, commuters going to work, travelers heading for vacation, state police cars, Greyhound buses — everything.

Of course, in the real world that would not happen all at once. But when the Oil Peak arrives, that could be the ultimate result as gasoline and diesel oil became more and more scarce. The damage could be reduced if the world begins to recognize the problem and makes a transition to renewable fuels and plug-in electric cars, but as of now not enough people or public officials take the issue seriously.

Post-Bulletin (Rochester, MN)