So we all know the oil supply will run out someday, right? I mean, it's called a "non-renewable" resource for a reason. And it will probably be within the next 50 years. So is this take on peak oil just crazy alarmism or a rational attempt to predict the world after the peak has passed? I can't tell. Either way, the modern West can't do much of anything without oil right now - no SUVs, no plastics, no pesticides, no computers, no manufacturing...