Tuesday 15 May 2012

US cities and Peak Oil


Peak Oil has made it to the Business Insider

The 10 Cities That Are Most Screwed By Peak Oil



26 April, 2012




Gas prices may finally be cutting into American sprawl, as cities have started growing faster than suburbs and people are driving less than they used to.
So what happens if gas prices keep going higher?


You can't live in a cities like Merriam, Kansas without driving everywhere, as Maggie Koerth-Baker observes in Before the Lights Go Out.


We looked at the cities that spend the most at the gas pump, with 2010 data from consumer data site Bundle. You can imagine what will happen in these places if prices double, triple or worse.









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