There was a hilarious (unintentionally, natch) letter to the Willamette Week last week from a peak oil denier, wherein the fellow first proclaimed that due to market forces, better technology, etc., the planet would "never run out of oil," and then later stated that oil from sand and shale would last for "centuries." Apparently he meant that the planet would never run out of oil while he was still living on it.
I hope people like that get reincarnated as gas-huffing gas station attendants in whatever year the oil runs out. Shortsighted is right.
Speaking of alternative means of transportation, those of us who are fair-weather cyclists should be back on the pedals soon...beautiful day in PDX today! Bye-bye, TriMet and your smelly ridership, densely packed confines, and occasionally inconvenient schedules; hello quads, calves, passing backed-up traffic, and cardio fitness!