collapse assignment #2

I, honestly, don't happen to know very much about what we've been learning this week about peak oil. I may know a little but not too much. I do happen to have some interesting questions, at least thats what I think of them. For one, I wonder why it's considered peak oil, what if oil is just on a temporary decline? We go about calling the oil, or any other thing at its peak but we are never positive when anything comes to an absolute end. I wonder too, if there will ever be any kind of way for us to make oil in some way, in case we do run out. With no current plan in place, you can't help but wonder...what if?

Oil accounts for 43% of the world's total fuel consumption. On one of the sources that Andy provided us with, it says that oil will never just completely run out. Oil follows this pattern, a pattern similar to humans, if you dare to compare. Humans all follow the same exact pattern, little babies turn into these little crawling toddlers which turn into what can be annoying little things at times. Then, we grow, start maturing,some more than others, and some not at all. We find someone to do sex with, make babies and the process just begins all over again. Then there's oil, that follows a pattern that suggest that oil will be the same in 2030 as it was in 1980.

But I, still am not settled with the "opinion" of there being just one peak, what if we follow this curve and suggest that there's another peak, that based on when exactly it began, will translate to maybe the next century having another peak of oil, or something even better that will save the planet in all ways. Production in oil is supposed to be dropping by approximately 3% a year. But this is based on the pattern that it history has showed, what if one little thing can alter the course of our future. Like for example, with us using less barrels of oil one year than the next can alter the way oil is produced.