Ignoring the elephant in the room

The disconnect between peak oil concerns and the presidential race is almost total. The candidates remain unwaveringly oblivious to the true causes of rising fuel prices, preferring instead to dwell on irrelevant — actually, counterproductive—measures like suspending the federal gas tax during the summer months or taxing Big Oil. This is akin to putting a band-aid on a melanoma.

Peak oil – May 6

Tim O’Reilly: Fermi’s Paradox and the end of cheap oil
People’s Weekly: End of cheap oil is now
Shell execs briefed on peak oil in 1956
On quenching our “big thirst” for oil
12 steps of peak oil
Financial Express of India

Michigan conference on peak oil & climate change May 30

Richard Heinberg, Dr. David Goodstein, Megan Quinn Bachman, Julian Darley, Pat Murphy, Albert Bates, Sharon Astyk, Katie Alvord, Aaron Wissner, Randy White, Kurt Cobb and dozens of others tackle gasoline prices, food prices, mortgage rates and the future of the global economy at peak oil, climate change, and sustainability conference.