My hubby took a phone call from "The Toowoomba Bulletin" last week (week beginning Monday 13th June 2005), seems they're going to publish this (I trimmed it down to 200 words, as they requested):-

I’m a mum, and the future’s scary. Heard of "Peak Oil"? Geologist Dr. M. King Hubbert coined it around 1950. He said USA oil production would "peak" in 1970, and it did. Output climaxed that year, declining ever since. He predicted global “peak� around now. He died, but other oil geologists support him. One, Colin Campbell, addressed the British Parliament. For every four barrels consumed, only one’s found - plus it’s poorer (more refining needed), and harder to reach. When a barrel’s needed to get one, it’s over. "Running out" isn’t the first problem. A small gap between world need/supply can cause chaos and State member Andrew McNamara made a recent speech about it. He said "Peak oil is coming soon and no alternative energy source available to us today or in the foreseeable future is going to make up the total energy shortfall. The beginning of the end of the oil age is upon us." If petrol's dear now, you've seen nothing yet. Global bankers Goldman Sachs predict $105 a barrel. Politicians plan for the next election; companies for the next profit sheet. There's no "Plan B� for us ordinary folk. Interested in solutions? Email kim_bax@yahoo.com.au .