Peak Oil: The Race for What’s Left

Michael T. Klare, one of the great resource writers, outlines the “death wish” we are involved in, as we mine and drill the planet in a desperate attempt to maintain our unsustainable lifestyles. It’s more than possible that we will change the planet beyond recognition, in even attempting to do so.

Read Michael’s full article at TomDispatch: http://www.tomdispatch.com/blog/175515/tomgram%3A_michael_klare%2C_why_high_g…

“And don’t forget the final cost: If all these barrels of oil and oil-like substances are truly produced from the least inviting of places on this planet, then for decades to come we will continue to massively burn fossil fuels, creating ever more greenhouse gases as if there were no tomorrow. And here’s the sad truth: if we proceed down the tough-oil path instead of investing as massively in alternative energies, we may foreclose any hope of averting the most catastrophic consequences of a hotter and more turbulent planet.”

It’s a warning for the ages…

Audio sourced from: http://www.archive.org/details/TomcastForMarch132012TheRaceForWhatsLeft