The comments of this recent MetaFilter thread on Peak Oil have a lot of good discussion and links, including two useful new terms, demand destruction and collapse gap, and a reminder of Jimmy Carter's famous sweater speech from 1977:
Tonight I want to have an unpleasant talk with you about a problem unprecedented in our history. With the exception of preventing war, this is the greatest challenge our country will face during our lifetimes. The energy crisis has not yet overwhelmed us, but it will if we do not act quickly.Thirty years and basically nothing's been done. I'd say we're doing great.
It is a problem we will not solve in the next few years, and it is likely to get progressively worse through the rest of this century.
We must not be selfish or timid if we hope to have a decent world for our children and grandchildren.
We simply must balance our demand for energy with our rapidly shrinking resources. By acting now, we can control our future instead of letting the future control us.
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