It's Our Society, Our Lives, Our Decisions.

Our in class discussion on "Peak Oil" was certainly an eye opener for me. We made it clear that Peak Oil is a real and evident. Changes must be made to our society and the way we all live. We cannot continue to live the way we live and continue to use fossil fuels the way we do today. It is all going to come to an end. I almost see the coming of this problem to be a solution in itself. Once the crisis of sharp increases and oil prices really hits because of high demand and lack of supplies people will begin to realize that lifestyles and how we use energy will need to change. I like the idea that people will begin to change their ways before this problem to avoid the real crisis. The reality is that not everyone takes this seriously because they are not lucky enough to be educated on how the problem will impact their lives in the future. Instinctively people live to survive in the near future. We don't necessarily think about how what we are doing today will impact us years down the rode. Our society needs to be educated that this problem of peak oil and how it is going to impact the economy on the global level. Ultimately we as the people have the responsibility to tell our government that this issue is real. We must put money into investigating new sources of renewable energy now. Many state governments are implementing quotas that a certain percentage of energy must come from renewable sources by a year such as 2020, 2025. This although good intentioned is not enough. The problem of peak oil will hit us before that. We need to contact our local and federal governments and let them know that new energy sources must be explored and implemented sooner than later. It's up to Us and Our decisions to make something happen.