Peak Oil.....

Is it just me or does everyone think the rest of our lives are going to be dominated by oil - or the lack there of?

There are plans for a local growers market on the Sunshine Coast - a very sensible plan to sell produce locally, rather than trucking it away so we can truck it back at ten times the price. The Labor party is battling over the cost of fuel too – that’s because absolutely everything we do and buy is about the cost of fuel.

I believe in 'peak oil'; that oil is a finite resource and the more we depend on it, the quicker it will go.

The concept of peak oil has been around a while – those who like to drive their V8’s have called it greenie scaremongering.

Recently the CEO of Shell oil, a Dutchman named Jeroen van der Veer, admitted we are headed for trouble.

Mr van der Veer told all his staff, 'Shell estimates that after 2015 supplies of easy-to-access oil and gas will no longer keep up with demand.'

Governments are famous for taking the path of least resistance – despite being fully aware we’re heading for a crisis – they consider it too risky to tackle the hard questions.

There is a project called ‘The Blue House’ in Yandina - the people behind The Blue House project dream of a community that is completely self sufficient. Call them alarmist – but the people behind the Blue House project believe the day will come that their model will be the only thing between Australians and total chaos.

I know lots of people don’t believe in Peak Oil – they think it’s some greenie conspiracy to steal away their quality of life. I just point to the headline - $2.00/litre for petrol by Christmas.