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Peak Oil and Resources

It's been bugging me that in the last post I said "the reason for high gas prices", when I meant to say "one of the reasons..." Of course we know that the value of the dollar has fallen a great deal due to the credit crisis, and that there are temporary supply issues as well as the more permanent one of Peak Oil, and these all cause fluctuations in the market. But I think it's important to know that this trend of lower supply/higher price is very likely not temporary.

Here are some Peak Oil websites:
Energy Bulletin
Life After the Oil Crash
Life After the Oil Crash Breaking News--for scary daily news stories from around the world!
Peak Ready
The Oil Drum
James Howard Kunstler
Sharon Astyk--my favorite writer on Peak Oil and so many other topics
Transition Towns
Transition Culture--the transition towns and culture sites are very positive!

Now, some of these websites will have a panic and "prepare now or die!"-type mentality. I am not advocating that, but I do think we should all be prepared to change our lifestyle quite a bit in the next decade--unless you're rich. We're already seeing people "stuck in the suburbs", unable to afford both food and fuel, etc. SUVs are a liability now for both their makers and drivers. Lots of people are buying bikes. It's already happening.

I see this mostly as a good thing. Perhaps some of us who would rather see less oil/auto use are just thinking wishfully. I don't think so. But it's interesting that right as the climate change tipping point may be being reached, so too is the peak oil tipping point. Maybe there is a God!

Anyway, just thought I'd give you something to read...
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