Replying to Peak Oil: Life After the Oil Crash
As if global warming wasn't already enough of a problem, we have this to also look forward to: http://www.lifeaftertheoilcrash.net/
I'm sure many of you will hold your doubts, but Princeton scholars and our government laid down some pretty real facts about our world's oil consumption.
At 30 billion barrels consumed by the world's population every year (and its still going to increase as technology and population do too), we are well on our way to running out of our most precious source for energy.
What happens when you can't go to your local gas station for gas? What happens when the entire trucking industry can no longer deliver food to our grocery stores?
Its a pretty fucking long article with tons and tons of links to visit — but its pretty interesting.
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