Peter Hollings:> I do not think "peak oil" is proven to be immanent. Therefore, I think it speculative to count it as a counter-force to globalization.<
I agree that peak oil has not been proven. If it happened, it might cause simply a new kind of globalism, perhaps a "Mad Max"[*] kind of war over oil that envelops the whole world. After all, the last World War (numero dos) was partly over oil. [*] The reference is to Mel Gibson's role, not to Max S. of pen-l fame. -- Jim Devine "Learning is Good." -- motto, Faber College (modified).
