Oil is a finite resource that originally developed from prehistoric algae and other microorganisms. Colin J. Campbell from “Depletion and Denial” states: The prolific formation of oil has occurred only a few times in the Earth’s long geological history. For example, almost all the oil from the Gulf Coast of the U.S. to Peru, including the vast degraded deposits of Venezuela, which hold even more than the Middle East, was the result of …showed first 75 words of 1503 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1503 total…nothing. Gains in efficiency will not solve this problem. Fisker describes Jevon’s Paradox, in which “gains in efficiency [...] is typically eaten up by increases use of the efficient device” (4). Furthermore, increases in population and oil usage are already putting a strain on a non-renewable resource that is the backbone of our industry. What will happen after the oil supply is gone? Well, it is clear that this will probably be answered in this century.