Population is ‘hanging on a thread’ with current oil consumption

“Here comes the sun, little darlin’, here comes the sun, it’s all right now…here comes the sun…”

According to Rochester resident Norm Erickson, the sun might be one of our energy saviors. It’s free, doesn’t come in a tanker from the Middle East, shines nearly every day, and its solar energy can be stored underground during the spring and summer for winter heating use.

“There’s no reason why you can’t store energy year-round in the ground for winter use,” said the IBM retiree who spoke to the Spring Valley Kiwanis Club about “peak oil,” or the declining supply of oil and the rising demand for it coming together at once.

“Peak oil is not about running out of oil. It is about the maximum point in the oil production flow that occurs when about half of the producible reserves have been extracted. The last half is harder, slower and more expensive to produce because oil companies go after the cheap and easy oil reserves first.”

Spring Valley Tribune