Reply #100: Cars are not the main problem - not by a long shot [View All]

If you visit the site noted in the original post, there are a myriad of things that rely on oil. Transportation is also very easy to fix - there are tons of alternatives there. It is the other things that rely on oil (plastic production, fertilizer, etc.) that will cause the most problems.

Still, I am not advocating total panic or gloom and doom. I still haven't read up on all the alternative energy sources to educate myself on how feasible they are.

By the same token, the scientific evidence of peak oil seems very valid. It is the assumptions of many major disasters made by the website that are unsubstantiated. Though they make sense if one believes there are absolutely no alternatives, I am not ready to accept that just yet.