Provost gives options for oil

An oil shortage is very possible in the near future, according to David L. Goodstein, vice provost at Caltech University.

“If President Bush can realize we have a problem, all of us can realize it as well,” he said on Thursday in McMaster Hall.


According to Goodstein, in the 2006 State of the Union Address, President George W. Bush said “We’re addicted to oil.”

In the 2007 State of the Union, Bush proposed various methods to bring a 20 percent oil reduction by 2017.

Although the methods are baby steps to solve our problem, Goodstein said, at least there are steps being taken.

“Civilization as we know it will come to an end some time this century when fuel runs out,” he said, “but I hope that I’m wrong.”

The Independent Collegian (University of Toledo)