Why is this Thanksgiving different from all other Thanksgivings? It’s the peak of world oil production. We should have given thanks for the automobile, airplane, diesel trains and ships, two-lane blacktop, warm houses, plastics, fibers, and a huge range of petrochemicals. Your Thanksgiving dinner was produced with fertilizers, tractor fuel, pesticides, and transportation provided by oil and natural gas. Richard Katz sent a photo of his Thanksgiving sweet-potato casserole, decorated with Hubbert’s peak outlined in mini-marshmallows.

Ken Deffeyes' Home of Hubbert's Peak