The End of the Oil Age (Project Syndicate)

… the fossil fuels' days finally seem to be numbered ... what will come next … what it will take to get there … OPEC … oil industry ever since its inception in 1859 ... the “black gold” was a gift from Mother Nature that would surely be exhausted once discovered by others ... the idea of “peak oil”: the moment after which production would begin a structural decline ... humanity’s ability to overcome the physical limits ...