Peak Oil

With a flurry of attention in recent weeks (due in no small measure to the skyrocketting price of gas), it seems the concept of "peak oil" is finally beginning to enter the public consciousness in a big way. James Howard Kunstler lays out the prospects in the latest issue of Rolling Stone:

Carl Jung, one of the fathers of psychology, famously remarked that "people cannot stand too much reality." What you're about to read may challenge your assumptions about the kind of world we live in, and especially the kind of world into which events are propelling us. We are in for a rough ride through uncharted territory.

Kunstler is writing for an American audience, but there is little in what he says that doesn't apply to Canadians as well -- especially given our dependence on natural gas to heat our homes for much of the year.