# Peak Oil **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 18, 2005, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peak-oil/295105 "2005-03-18T03:40:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![mattmorgan64](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f19dbf/32.png) [@mattmorgan64](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mattmorgan64)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2005, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peak-oil/295105/1 "2005-03-18T03:40:38Z")
Real? Or another useless prediction of the fall of American Civilization? [Doomsday!](http://www.lifeafterthecrash.net/home.html) I’m trying to pick my favorite end of times scenario, and I’m torn between Peak Oil or Bioterrorism. ---
**Author:** ![mattmorgan64](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f19dbf/32.png) [@mattmorgan64](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mattmorgan64)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2005, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peak-oil/295105/2 "2005-03-18T03:42:07Z")
Aw crap. [Doomsday!](http://www.lifeaftertheoilcrash.net/Home.html) ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2005, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peak-oil/295105/3 "2005-03-18T13:21:11Z")
In the sense of peak production at current inflation-adjusted prices, they’re probably not too far off. Oil, like any other commodity, will get more expensive faster than it gets more scarce. That may create a lot of economic dislocation, but the I don’t see it as the End of Civilization. if you want an End of Civilization event, particularly a spectacular one, here’s an idea: [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=306975](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=306975)