5.21.2008

Hirsch on CNBC: Peak Oil problem 'as massive as one can possibly imagine'

Predicts $12-15 per gallon and then rationing. On CNBC. - Ed.

Robert Hirsch, author of Peaking of World Oil Production: Impacts, Mitigation, and Risk Management (a.k.a. the Hirsch Report), appeared on CNBC this morning. He said flat out that new technologies and new drilling won't solve the peak oil problem, and that we should expect $12-15/gallon gasoline followed by rationing.

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