http://www.livescience.com/environment/060428_oil_peak.html

Quick Fixes Won't Solve Looming Oil Crisis, Scientists Say

With the cost of oil at or near record territory and gasoline prices hovering around $3 a gallon, the government is advocating new measures to sooth growing public concern over rising prices at the pumps.

But the fixes are only temporary and largely symbolic, scientists say. They will do little to address the more serious threat of what will happen when demand for oil outstrips the ability to produce it.......

"I think that we have avoided taking the steps we should've taken in the 1970s to seriously invest in alternative energy technologies," Nur said in a telephone interview. "We haven't done anything for 30 years basically, and now it's catching up with us. We are burning 31 billion barrels of oil a year worldwide, and to find that many barrels a year has just become impossible."......

But be not afraid, the US government has seen this coming, and is prepared to implement a comprehensive, and well though out plan to mitigate the coming global oil crisis. The solution is, a rebate of $100 Buckaroo's in every Patriot's Pocket! See, huge problems are easy to solve, when you got smart politicians on your side!