Spectre of peak oil prices loom

Oil at $200 a barrel is not far off and with it a new world order that will see the demise of globalization.

That prediction is put forward in a new book by well-known Canadian economist Jeff Rubin: Why Your World Is About To Get A Whole Lot Smaller.
Rubin’s is one of a raft of books published in recent years warning of crisis and devastation if we fail to adapt to the fact that the aggressive burning of fossil fuels no longer is viable.

In view of all these dire warnings, citizens would be correct to wonder what exactly is on the reading lists of their politicians, who in their legislative priorities seem all but oblivious to the pending doom.

Windsor Star