http://gristmill.grist.org/story/2007/11/5/6856/01740#36

"There's no reason to worry about whether peak oil or global warming are more important"

Yes there is.  If the focus remains on peak oil instead of GHG disaster, fuel farming, offshore drilling, tar sand processing, and coal to liquid fuel will absorb the capital needed to foment this renewable energy/conservation  re-evolution.

Furthermore, the huge profits from peak oil panic reaped by oil futures traders, like hedge funds, self perpetuate gas guzzling.  with that huge market leverage oil traders can keep infernal combustion gas guzzling, fuel farming, "clean' coal, and nukes going forever.

The peak oil fantasy is really a well crafted diversion created by oil traders through their mouthpieces, oil and energy analysts and pundits.

When people start talking peak oil, start countering with peak GHG disaster.  Multinational oil and energy corps will not kill the goose that lays the platinum egg.  They will raise energy prices slowly enough to keep the world economy going, then use the financial/political power they amass to steer the energy economy and foreign policy to the asdvantage of their bottom lines.

That means endless war and copiuos GHG, eventually replaced by endless war over nuclear power and nuclear proliferation and terror.   By the time the fossil fuel is burned up, will humans  have to live in giant nuclear powered bunkers to hide from the 300+ mph storms?