Changing Gears
Over the past few months I have noticed a subtle change in the peakersphere. With The Oil Drum’s decision to reduce its level of activity, coinciding with Matt Savinar’s decision to abandon his now classic Life After the Oil Crash (a must see initiation stop for all novice peakers ), it seems like something is going on here. Even at the last ASPO USA conference there was an underlying sensation of worn out futility and failure projected by the presenters themselves – the very people who have been banging the oil drum incessantly over the years, trying to bring the PO story to the general public. They (we) have of course failed miserably…
According to Gail Tverberg, editor at TOD and author at ourfiniteworld.com, one of the issues that seems to be driving the change is the fact that the peak oil in conventional oil production is more and more in the rear view mirror. Because of this, we are getting increasingly close to the situation where serious disruptions may start taking place. In addition, it is becoming more and more certain that there is no way of fixing the situation that will allow us to maintain our current lifestyles… Writing more and more about what may be ahead, when this situation may be quite bleak, alienates a lot of readers and may lead to rash actions by a few – and that is not the idea…
So I’ll be changing the gears of this blog and begin to address the subject in more practical terms: Peak oil is here, so what should we do?
