Reply #3: Here's the best response I've seen to this question... [View All]

[profgoose]

It's a little long, but I think Dave Cohen has one of the best and most comprehensive explanations out there on why we're at peak oil:

http://www.theoildrum.com/story/2006/11/15/83857/186

in the linked video, Simmons' main point was that oil is so cheap compared to other commodities that other countries (read countries who want to screw with us) could put the squeeze on with little change in behavior on our part (his example of the pricing of gas in Europe is more than double what it is here, etc.).

Another piece of ours you may all want to check out is this one, where Engineer Poet lays out some really good ideas:

http://www.theoildrum.com/story/2006/11/27/0432/3533

We have a lot to learn about our energy supply, simply put. Thanks for the link to TOD, DU! We hope you'll all come over and learn with us.