Aerospacepilot,

I obviously don't know the answers to this one. I didn't know anything about Peak Oil until after becoming an airline pilot. Then I started asking the hard questions about pay, quality of life, etc. and what the driving force behind these things were...then I happened across an article in Airways Magazine entitled Peak Oil: The Collapse of Commercial Aviation. The article was scary to read and difficult to swallow, however, almost everything the article predicted has occurred thus far...hence my fascination w/ Peal Oil.

I think alternative energy is great. I salute every single person who is involved it its development. With that said, virtually every single alternative energy that I've explored is just too energy intensive to serve as a meaningful replacement for the fossil fuels.

So, the way I see it, use your knowledge of Peak Oil as a means of adapting. You'll have a better perspective on the changes to come and will be better prepared for those changes. Heck, there may be opportunities out there to prosper financially from Peak Oil. It's not the end of the world, but it is the end of the world as we know it. I'm grateful for the opportunites I've received and I try to keep a keen eye on the future to come. In the mean time, hopefully someone a whole lot smarter than I am will come up w/ an energy resource that revolutionizes how the world is powered. It's possible, but a long-shot at best.