Peak Oil Truth or Lies

First let me say I cannot see the future and if peak oil will become a reality, but I also realize most things are dependant on energy and most of the world’s energy comes from oil. Many products contain oil or a byproduct of oil and without them it would change the world as we see it. Even food is connected to oil or some other form of energy and would have to be grown and produced locally to avert higher costs associated with production or transportation; even countries like Britain are looking at ways to protect their food supply. From what I have read, heard and watched there are many people on both sides of the peak oil controversy. I still would like you to decide for yourselves if peak oil is a reality for yourself or just a myth pushed by tree huggers who want to get people to cut down on the pollution on the planet especially CO2 emissions, even though most of them are planning ahead for the future beyond peak oil. Or you may think rich oil companies are the ones behind it to push up the price per barrel of oil to add to their wallet, but from a stockholders point of view would you invest in a company that has no future to make money for you.

Now that we have looked at both sides and some of the advantages and disadvantages of both sides in this controversy, the real people that matter on this subject are the lawmakers who decide what peak oil means to them or even if they care about peak oil. In my opinion they have done very little to react incase peak oil is real until now bill H.R. 2454 American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009 passed in the house on June 26, 2009. This bill not only concerns pollution, clean energy and many other areas, but will raise the cost of energy to a point that people will be very concerned about what that energy will cost them and will make them use less energy or drive their car less frequently. This will affect people of middle and poorer classes greatly while the upper classes will be able to move to another country or just stay here because they can afford to. Now if you were a politician would you want to tell America that you have known about peak oil for 40 years and have done little to prepare the country for the effects of peak oil and what it will do to the economy, or would you try to pass a bill that will have the same effect to reduce oil consumption and increase taxes on energy or wealth for the select few.

As I have researched in my other blogs on peak oil, many states, cities, counties and towns have been preparing for peak oil, the same way they would for a tornado, hurricane or other disaster. So as you can see some are preparing just in case and are watching the peak oil outcome, but what has the United States government done for 40 years to prepare the citizens of this country just in case peak oil is a reality? Very little in my point of view other than to add to the wealth of politicians and companies that contribute to their campaigns, even the cap & trade bill will help to add more wealth to these same people and take from the wallet of the average person. Consider this also when you look at peak oil, in the past has the United States government always told American citizens the truth even though the real story they were covering up was insignificant in the grand scheme of things just to protect their own reputations. Now a true politician who loves the country they live in would prepare the citizens with the truth and not only tell them what they want to hear so they can be assured of reelection in there next campaign even if it means they will lose.

Thank You,

Average Citizen