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?