Should+the+world+continue+to+rely+on+oil+as+a+major+source+of+energy?

=Should the world continue to rely on oil as a major source of energy?=

Should the World Continue to Rely on Oil as a Major Source of Energy? 402 YES: Red Cavaney, from “Global Oil Production about to Peak? A Recurring Myth,” Worldwatch ( January–February 2006) 404 NO: James Howard Kunstler, from The Long Emergency (Grove/ Atlantic, 2005) 408 Red Cavaney, president and chief executive offi cer of the American Petroleum Institute, argues that recent revolutionary advances in technology will yield suffi cient quantities of available oil for the foreseeable future. James Howard Kunstler contends that the peak of oil production, Hubbert’s Peak, was itself the important turning point in our species’ relationship to petroleum. Unless strong conservation measures are put in place, the new scarcity will destroy much that we have come to expect in our lives.