Some say the peak oil crisis is already underway
This merely refers to production and decline in same
It does not add in the crucifixion of Nigeria
It does not add in the crucifixion of the Gulf
It does not add in the daily oil consumption in the US
And its support of a lethal sprawl automobile lifestyle
Some say the crisis will not hit until 2020
And that by then alternatives will have emerged
So say hello to nine nice years of oil spills fracking
Off shore drilling and other depredations
Born of human hubris
And the capacity to create gated realms where the slaughter
Is invisible
And consumption can proceed without a murmur
If the job of leaders is to look ahead and say NO MORE
We have no leaders
Peak oil - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: "Optimistic estimations of peak production forecast the global decline will begin by 2020 or later, and assume major investments in alternatives will occur before a crisis, without requiring major changes in the lifestyle of heavily oil-consuming nations. These models show the price of oil at first escalating and then retreating as other types of fuel and energy sources are used.Pessimistic predictions of future oil production operate on the thesis that either the peak has already occurred, that oil production is on the cusp of the peak, or that it will occur shortly. Production of conventional crude oil peaked in 2004 at 74 million barrels per day, and greater records reached since then represent only small increases that are failing to keep pace with demand from growing countries, such as China and India Throughout the first two quarters of 2008, there were signs that a global recession was being made worse by a series of record oil prices."
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