[Sprintey]

A bit of a note on him, he's consistent in his message, and explains it won't be 'peak oil' per se that makes life difficult into the future. It will be peak 'EROEI'.
Energy Returned On Energy Invested.

For eg, in my grandfather's day when he helped open the giant Venezuelan fields, you might put in 1 unit of energy and get 100 fold return of energy from the oil. This is because it was light, 'sweet' crude that was easy to crack.

Today, you might put in 1 unit of energy, but only get 5 units in return.

SRSRocco argues that a complex society depends upon a high EROEI, and measures how it is falling.




** As a postscript, we are all petrolheads here, and mostly Ford fans. It was Henry Ford who pioneered affordable transport, and affordable performance, for most people. He was also a massive ethanol fan, and on a Model T (iirc) you could adjust the timing of the motor manually from the dash to drive on different fuels. It was Henry's vision that the farmers of America would run on ethanol they produced themselves, in their Fords. This would mean they did not pay a conglomerate for transport, and enabled them to keep and grow the wealth their work and land produced. Independence.