I find all the comments quite fascinating, however it all seems to be opinions or a political ideology. No one seems to connect oil with the staple of modern society. Its is used for everything including food production shipping and all those other things we take for granted. Prior to the oil age, which begin in 1859, planet Earth never exceeded 1 billion people. Since that time with the invention of the internal combustion engine we and oil have grown exponentially to nearly 7 Billion people and 33 Billion barrels a year respectively. Now with oil demand increasing by 2% a year and declining production by 2% a year… Well I don’t think its difficult to see where we are headed. Now lets make it clear the spill in the gulf is a horrible event! But what will the consequences be if we stop drilling or mining oil sands for new supply. I think the decline in oil may me a very unpleasant decline in population.
