Reply #30: Oil is not essential for human survival.

[losthills]

We need to curtail our consumption of it anyway because of global warming.

So-called "Peak Oil" is nothing to be feared. It's a term that can't even be defined, because no one knows whether new reserves will be discovered next week or next year. Knowing that we are near the point of peak oil just gives us plenty of time to re-organize our support systems. All the tools for that are available today. If we don't do this today, then rising oil prices will cause us to do it tomorrow.

I don't see peak oil as a worry at all. It's a signal for us to move forward and cease cooking the planet with antiquated 1940s technology, and that's good.

"Don't worry-- be happy..."