World will struggle to meet oil demand

[RGR]

The most freightening aspect of the article is the rate of decline - 9%. That would imply halving oil supplies every 8 years.

[Bandidoz]

The world is full of 'conspiracies' ... mainly cover ups or sneaky price-fixing or similar activities.

By 'conspiracy' I mean 'mega conspiracy' with a cast of thousands.

There's conspiracies, and there's "UFOlogy"....

[Ludwig]

It's all well and good for our 1000 strong membership to feel smug and well informed but at the end of the day PO will remain a subject of academic interest (until it's too late) unless we can convince a much wider audience.

I'm not sure what good it would do to convince a wider audience. A wider audience would have helped 30 years ago, but now? It will merely breed panic.

My experience is that even highly educated people simply don't want to accept PO. The typical response I've had is, "Nobody can predict the future" - as though science's inability to pinpoint specific events in advance were more significant than its ability to demonstrate the limitations of the physical universe.

I see the whole PO issue not as a question of "How can humanity get through this?" but as a question of "How long will I personally last out?" Perhaps if I had children I'd be forced to take a less fatalistic stance; I don't know if I'm fortunate or unfortunate in that respect.