Why do people focus more on global warming than peak oil? It seems as if so much emphasis is put on global warming, something we may have very little control over, but the same people tend to ignore the Peak Oil crisis, something much more imminent and controllable.

Global warming is debatable by many people, but peak oil isn%26#039;t. Oil is not an infinite resource. It will decline; it already has in the U.S. in the 1970%26#039;s. People who ignore global warming as a natural phenomenon, can%26#039;t ignore peak oil and the fact that is is wihin our control. Why not educate more people on peak oil instead since they can%26#039;t deny it?

And the kicker seems to be that if we deal with the peak oil crisis, we would essential be dealing with global warming too!

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Peak oil is a boogie man we just don%26#039;t want to confront...plus, although it is probably already too late, we think of it as some sort of abstraction with not enough sex appeal to get attracted to. Also it doesn%26#039;t effect the entire globe such as global warming does. And thirdly, one has to go out of there way to research this concept. When good morning America picks it up, it will continue to be little known, controversial and little understood.

We are about 10 years too late to massively produce oil out of coal, and is it efficient to produce millions of barrels per day to meet our requirements?

Peak oil doesn%26#039;t seem like as %26#039;romantic%26#039; of a cause. I have no idea why no one seems to care about it. There is solid proof of the oil issue, why people debate endlessly about something that isn%26#039;t even proven like Global Warming is beyond me.

In history, the economy has always come before the environment. People still feel the same way. People would rather admit to environmental degradation than to an economic recession or other problems with the economy.

Also, people probably feel more altruistic if they fought for %26quot;Mother Earth%26quot; and %26quot;future generations%26quot; than for their own needs for oil.