Grabbies peak oil solution: To solve the peak oil crisis, all that needs to be done is to find a more plentiful and more concentrated form of energy to replace oil.
Grabbies Law: The actions necessary to mitigate the effects of peak oil, must be implemented before the effects are noticed.
Grabbies law of political application: Any action taken will be to disseminate, divert or minimize the effects of the problem, not the problem itself.
Grabbies Law of Politics: No action is ever taken on problematic effects until there is a crises, or unless there is money to be made.
Grabbies law of degrees: To prevent a peak oil economic collapse, sufficient replacement of fuel to continue the exponential growth of hydrocarbon fuels is required, either more concentrated fuels or more quantity of fuels.
From the laws above, it is clear that:
1. Peak oil will not be solved
2. People will pass lucrative laws on the subject.
3. When the crisis hits it will be too late to solve the problem.
Since there is no more plentiful and no more concentrated form of chemical energy than oil, then:
Every idea proposed should be asked this question:
WHO is making money off of this idea?
WHY do they really want to do this?
HOW am I going to end up paying for this out of my taxes?
WHEN will I notice the decrease in my paycheck.
WHAT strings did they pull to get this legislation through?
Then you will be an informed consumer... er.
Producer.