What are you going to do once we run out of oil?
537549
I'm going to grease my girl down with honey.
326194
Yes we are in a crises! And if something is not done it is only going to get worse. I don't know exactly what needs to be done but Americans need to make a stand against this and say enough is enough. It is all over the news, on the net, talk shows and so on. That suggests to me that something is wrong. I don't know what Americans are going to do. The price of everything has went up and continues to go up. And we are not getting any cost of living increases either. The rich are getting richer and the poor are getting poorer. And no help from the government because they are some of those getting richer over the oil. When Exxon goes above Wal-mart we have a problem.
980107
YES it is all about oil. It will not change unless there is a revolution or Revelation. Our children will continue to DIE to support the "status quo" failed petroleum policy of GWB and Company.\n\nRead the White House energy policy signed by Dick Cheney. Not much about getting out of the Oil Economy here:\nhttp://www.whitehouse.gov/energy/summaries.pdf
116488
Oil prices will never stop going up because we are running out of it. It goes up by about 2.6% each year.
547632
it will be by the year 2053.when the last drop of oil is sucked.
453377
hey, use it all up, once its gone its gone, then we all move onto something else... YAY!\n\nfinally
193951
Oil officials 10, 20, 30, and 40 years ago said AT THAT TIME that we were going to use up what was known to be total global "proven oil reserves." We keep finding more total oil reserves every few years than was thought to exist worldwide a few years previous - kind of funny logic, isn't it? If we keep finding more oil that exceeded known reserves just a few years back, then what are we so concerned about? Interestingly enough, at the same time we keep finding more proven oil reserves, people keep screaming more and more that we are running out of oil - who is right? History says we can keep finding oil, so maybe there is a regenerative process unknown to the scientific community - they can't possibly know everything about everything. \n\nOnly one thing is certain in SCIENCE: it IS ALWAYS CHANGING. Geologists have been getting better year after year at locating oil reserves, and yet so little is known about oil reserves other than location. What is understood to be fact now will be ridiculed in the future by new theories - which have already happened. They thought we couldn't use most crude oil in the early 20th century because nobody knew about cracking or synthesis of crude products, so they just dumped unusable crude products that were not immediately usable as gasoline or diesel. We have come very far since that time in chemistry alone. \n\nIsn't it interesting that what is vaguely understood by a few scientists is continuously spouted as "truth" by those who know far less. SCIENTIFIC FACT IS CHANGEABLE, meaning it can be tested, and if a different result occurs, then the theory changes, resetting what is known as "fact." Oil may be replenishable, and may not necessarily only come from prehistoric plants and animals as current thought suggests. You raise an interesting argument about oil resources, and only the future will let us know for sure - but there will be a definitive answer. Now, who is ready for the truth?
871653
Doesn't matter.  We need oil and will burn oil. If the recent price gouging did nothing to curtail our oil use I don't think the oil companies have to worry about loosing any business any time soon.
138196
get out of iraq as fast as possible. but i guess as long as iraq has oil that is not something america wants to do.
384350
The only correct answer is 'no one knows'.  You may be too young to remember the oil/gas crises of the 1970's.  At that time, virtually every expert said the world's oil supply would run out in 15 more years.  Well, the early 90's came and went, the world consumed a lot of oil, and today, the known world stores of oil are GREATER than they were then.  You can look these facts up in Forbes Magazine.\n\nBest wishes.
215423
The problem is oil is running out. Once the oil runs out, we will probably be able to switch to renewables and get by. But the problem is there are many things other than car transport we use petrochemicals for. Plastics, fetilizer, lubricants, moving tankers across the seas and so forth. We will still need those things, and wind farms will not fertilize our crops.\n\nSo the short answer is, we need to stop using oil for things we have alternative sources of power for, because we will still need oil for other things 100 or 200 or 500 years from now. For those things for which there is no replacement for oil.
643735
We have already - It's just a matter of the 'powers that be' letting it on to the market. That won't happen until crude oil is almost completely depleted and they can make top dollar on the substitutes (or take your house, first child etc...).
634481
How will you feed yourself? Who will fight your next war? How will you pay for your gas? You are too weak.
428048
I heard on the discovery channle not to long ago that if we keep using oil at the pace we are.. we'll run out in about 20-25 years.\n\nThat is if they don't find anymore oil to put wells on
328022
I've spent an entire semester in university listening to and researching over this issue ... and yes the "peak" has passed ... if you look at the bell curve, we're heading towards (or already are) on the decline side of the curve ... and soon it's going to be all over.  \n\nbasically we need to look into alternative source... and that's where this thing gets tricky.  oil is, for the most part, needed for transportation... and cars and transport means that do not require fossil fuels are either not fast enough or they're too expensive.  so what to do now?\n\nwell.... the answer lies in changing the minds of the human race... we live in an economy-driven world... they worry about making money, dont care where it comes from... \n\nbut the good news is that there's an abundant amount of awareness about all the environmental issues out there... i'm in my 20s and i don't remember this type of awareness happening 5 - 10 years ago... so we're headed in the right direction... question is are we alreadfy too late?  the answer is: only time will tell!\n\nand i can go on and on, but due to lack of time i have to end here ... if i have more time before u close this q i might add more in! \n\noh, but before i go... here's a recommendation (a documentary):\nEnd of suburbia dicrected by gregory greene\n\nit talks about the peak-oil crises!\n\ncheers!
348558
How are we going to boycott oil? I can't fill my tank anymore. No summer trips. But what do I do when I need my car????
1100192
Oil! They are now drilling for it in the plains of Asher! It several miles deep. And may take a year to reach.   My question is will this relieve the pressure from the Saudi wells? If so all hell will break loose over there!