Back in August of 2006, Harpers Magazine ran a well-written, interesting article about Peak Oil that sparked my interest in the problem of Peak Oil today. Of course, Peak Oil is just one of the many problems associated with our society's reliance with oil. There's also the hugely political dimension: As long as we need oil, we're beholden to oil barons and interests in the Middle East. If Iraq wanted to shut down our oil, they could have. Which is why many people blame the Iraq War (rightly or wrongly) on oil. Certainly, even if that wasn't the reason we went to war, it has become a huge part of the equation.

Anyway, I got a pdf of the article from Harpers Magazine. If you're interested in reading it, drop me an email at m.shinefield[AT]gmail[DOT]com and I'll send it over. It's 3.6MB, but it's definitely worth reading. It raises a number of interesting problems and some potential solutions.