Oil peak

Oil peak is the term for the time when the world will be at its maximum oil production. From then on the production will dwindle, and oil will be in shortage. It is true that our oil reserves never will run out, but there will be a time when the remaining oil will be so hard to get that it will be practically impossible to continue. As we rush towards this point in time, oil prices will surge. In short; the oil peak will come (probably very soon, within 10 years), and what happens then is depending on how prepared we are to live in a oil-free society. As of now we are facing disaster on a grand scale. Our economy will collapse, our logistics will collapse, our food production will collapse. Not many realize that 80% of all fertilizer used in farming is made from natural gas and oil. This mean that when we don't have oil, we don't have food. According to a book I have read on the subject, farm production might go down 75%. Also, all modern farms are totally mechanized, and thus even more dependent on oil.

The age of oil will have lasted for about 200 years. In this extremely short time we will have depleted the oil reserves, polluted the planet and overpopulated it immensely. We will also have robbed our children of their right to natural resources and a clean planet. The short-sighted western culture will have destroyed itself. The party lasted for 200 years, the hangover will be infinite. Future generations might very well curse us, the oil generations, because they will be the ones that have to pay the bill for the party. Sure, we have pollutions today - but we also have the benefits of the oil. Coming generations will be stuck with the pollutions but no benefits, all thanks to the mad short-sightedness today.

Who do we think we are? Masters of the universe? What gives us the right to do this to the world and coming generations? What gives us the right to destroy the planet we live on? We will indeed be cursed by the still unborn.