Put your mad max costume away. Looks like a the peak oil energy crisis will be held off for quit a while thanks to coal into gasoline tech. Fischer-Tropsch technology converts coal to gas at $32/barrel This is what i mean when I say that huge economic forces will be unleashed reshaping the world economy and infrastructure as oil prices start rising.
Everything you ever wanted to know about the international political/economic game, but were afraid to ask your college macro prof.