The end of oil is not a possibility but a certainty

Regardless of how long you’ve been alive, whether you’re 16 or 60, it’s never been a problem to get gasoline. The ability to fill our gas tanks has often felt as guaranteed to Americans as free speech and free press. However, the privilege of gas may become a thing of the past quicker than we may think.

There is one fact often overlooked when dealing with the issue of oil and that is this: We cannot make a finite resource infinite.
In other words, regardless of what we do to curb our gas consumption, there will be an end of oil. Whether this happens in two years or 200 is a question with no solid answer.
Critics of our oil crisis argue that in the past when we’ve needed more oil, we’ve drilled more holes. More holes equal more oil. And while this has worked in the past, it will not in the future. It can’t work. It goes directly against even the most basic of logical reasoning.
Yes, past generations had enough oil. They were lucky. Whether we’re as lucky has yet to be seen. But one thing is certain, our luck will run out, and when it does who will pay the price. Our children? Our grandchildren? I shudder to think of the Earth they have no choice but to inherit.
We could leave them a world glued together with “alternative energies” like ethanol, electric cars and electricity being generated from windmills.

as no alternative. We need many viable solutions working together to
create a society comparable to what we have now, for all our solutions are as flawed as those who hope to use them.

Salt Lake Tribune