Suddenly Jimmy Carter looks far more prescient, doesn't he?

There is a report out today of a secret military analysis of the world oil markets that says we may have already hit the "peak oil" moment or, if we haven't, that it will happen this year and what that means for the world: German military report: Peak oil could lead to collapse of democracy Peak oil has happened or will happen some time around this year, and its consequences could threaten the continued survival of democratic governments, says a secret Germany military report that was leaked online. According to Der Spiegel, the report from a think-tank inside the German military warns that shrinking global oil supplies will threaten the world's economic foundations and possibly lead to mass-scale upheaval within the next 15 to 30 years. As if that weren't enough, the article points out similar information may be going through Britain, as well: Last Sunday, the UK Observer reported that Britain's Department of Energy and Climate Change is refusing to release documents related to peak oil, even though, as the Observer noted, previously released documents argue the veil of secrecy around the issue is probably "not good." Turns out now former President Jimmy Carter was far more wise while he was in the White House after all, then, doesn't it? At the time, people laughed at him because he carried his own luggage (which, admittedly, was pretty dumb and unnecessary, I'll give you that), but also for asking us to wear sweaters and turn down our furnace thermostats. If this report is true, he had his eye much more on the bigger picture for the country than he's been given credit. If we had done what Pres. Carter had said and continued to wean ourselves off oil, the likelihood that we'd be in the Middle East, sending soldiers there to fight and some to die, and then blowing it up and rebuilding it--essentially wasting billions of dollars in resources--that likelihood would have been reduced greatly. So here's to you, Jimmy Carter. We apologize for not listening. (On a more local note for the Kansas City metropolitan area--suddenly that mass transit idea doesn't seem so stupid and unnecessary, does it?) Link to original post: http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2010/0901/german-report-peak-oil-collapse-democracy/