The tight oil reserves and the skyrocketing prices of gasoline and diesel fuels are a current fact of life... irrespective of whether they have come about through inivitable shortfalls of production, rise in demand, theft by means of warfare and political intrigue or (also very likely) human greed and manipulation of the marketplace for profit.
Nevertheless, one has to balance the discomfort that people are feeling at the moment with the knowledge that we (the universal \"WE\"... as in the human race as a whole) have done this to ourselves... most especially by (A) using far more oil products than is reasonably necessary, (B) encouraging the use of oversized vehicles with engines far larger than necessary... often for banal purposes like simply going to the store or the movies, (C) over-consumption by reason of unnecessary airline flights (even when planes less than 1/3 to 1/2 full), (D) general wastage and usage for unimportant items like lawn mowers, recreational vehicles and so forth... and I suppose I could go on and on... in my mind it just generally comes down to human foolishness and selfishness... not to mention a complete unwillingness to coordinate a fair, reasonably and sustainable system for distribution of a limited and dwindling resource on a global scale.... but, please, there isn\'t much sense in my asking humankind and nation states to suddenly grow up and become adult. It just isn\'t going to happen.
The truth is we are \"addicted\" to oil products and when the supplies run low - and they ARE going to run low - you are going to go \"cold turkey\" in a way that will cause you to REALLY re-evaluate your lifestyle - where and how you live and what your life is really about.
