Organizations like the Post Carbon Institute and the Rocky Mountain Institute (www.rmi.org) are working hard to inform and organize policymakers and the public to “understand and respond to the challenges of fossil fuel depletion and climate change.” Unfortunately, they are unable to capture much attention from the media or the policymakers so the public stays largely uninformed about peak oil.
Well, in the end people will believe what they want to believe and there are always plenty of data around to substantiate whatever position makes them feel comfortable—including very smart and influential people like Thomas Friedman. But readers must ask themselves: why is America willing to gamble on the possibility that we have more time rather than less time not only to take care of climate change but to curb our dependence on oil to fuel our economy?
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