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Are We Running Out of Oil?

Some scientists thing we have passed or will in a few years pass the peak of world petroleum production--it will never be possible again to produce as much oil as we now produce.  What would be the impact if gasoline cost 4 times more than it does now, which some studies think could happen in the next 5 or 10 years?  Will the availability of oil decline so much in your lifetime that gasoline-powered automobiles and oil-based plastics will no longer be feasible?  Are we going to have to transform our technology because of declining oil production in the next 30 years?

Pessimistic views:
Is the world running out of oil fast?
Oil wells that end
Are we running out of oil?
World oil and gas running out
Running out of oil--and time
The end of cheap oil
The coming global oil crisis
Oil Depletion

Optimistic views:
Are we running out of oil
The real oil problem
Will we run out of energy?

Alternatives to oil:
The coming oil shortage
What to use when the oil runs out
Finding solutions
American Energy Independence