Activists should adjust strategies for end of oil
The world oil production peak is imminent and the natural gas peak will follow in our lifetimes. After these peaks, oil supplies will diminish and prices will keep rising. Our lives will change drastically because petrochemicals are irreplaceable for transportation, plastics, fertilizers, and in fact our American way of life. This imminent transition to a materially more 19th century way of life has tremendous implications for environmental activism today. We should expect and plan for these changes as we choose our strategies today.