July 10, 2008
News Analysis: Colleges Should Plan—and Teach—for an Oil-Scarce World
Some years ago, bringing up "peak oil"—the concept that oil production will crest and then decline, leading to all sorts of trouble in society—might have made you seem like the kind of person who frequents Web sites that sell survival books and freeze-dried food.
Today, such discussion has pretty much hit the mainstream. Last month, The Wall Street Journal featured a front-page story about two prominent geologists arguing over how much oil is left in the ground—and
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