April 10, 2006: Project Energy: Our Oil Addiction

Economical, accessible and seemingly endless – oil. But, it is not endless, and it now appears the unthinkable is happening. We are beginning to run out of conventional oil.

WCCO
Project Energy: Our Oil Addiction
Reporting with Don Shelby
April 10, 2006
http://www.wcco.com/video/?id=16013@wcco.dayport.com

(WCCO) When humans first harnessed energy, it was fire, and the fuel was wood.

Industry began to develop when man found coal. And the society we know today developed when we found oil.

Economical, accessible and seemingly endless – oil. But, it is not endless, and it now appears the unthinkable is happening. We are beginning to run out of conventional oil.

The United States was once the largest exporter of oil to the rest of the world. It is now the world's largest importer.