And yet gasoline prices rise

[Stealhead]

Originally Posted by Ducimus

And nobody will do anything about it except bend over and take it.

Well short term wise there really is not anything that people can do except perhaps become much more fuel efficient.Even if many people where to do so I dont think it would make much difference we have been relying on oil for so long now is it 100% our life blood.Until just the last few years except for the two 70's oil embargoes oil being in short supply or actually being a finite resource has not been on many peoples minds and many people refuse to believe that there is a limited amount of oil left.

There are so many products beyond just fuel that rely on fossil fuels it is mind blowing,plastics, pharmaceuticals, fertilizers,many other chemicals all these things will need to be re-engineered to use different resources.Right now our entire modern world relies on oil.The big question is will we be able to come up with the many effective alternatives in time before oil runs out?I think we will be in real trouble to be honest we should have begun the research into this years ago the early 70's embargoes should have gotten the ball rolling much more than it did.

What really got me thinking about how limited our fossil fuel life blood is was after having joined the Air Force and seeing first hand all the activity that occurs most of it requiring a good amount of fossil fuel.I got to thinking just in one day all the military aircraft and all the civilian aircraft coming and going each day all the cars and trucks coming and going around the world it really made me realize that at some point there was not going to be enough oil to go around for everyone and sooner or later for anyone (unless your Mad Max and it wound up being sand in that tanker.)

The powers that be want to squeeze every last drop of profit from oil.I personally think that they really do have a rough idea how much oil is left and feasible to get to and they will just sit back and reap the benefits of everyone paying more and more for as time goes by.