March 11, 2015 (NATIONAL) — If you’ve never heard of the concept of "peak oil" don’t feel left out. The news media rarely mentions it even though it may be one of the most significant events in the history of humans on earth. Because if peak oil hits in our lifetime, things could get dicey for every human being on the planet sometime this century. LIfe as we know it in a modern world could change forever. Peak oil is a predicted future event made famous by Marion Hubbert (October 5, 1903 – October 11, 1989) who was a a geoscientist working at the Shell research lab in Houston, Texas. He made important contributions to geology and petroleum geology, including what is called the Hubbert curve and Hubbert peak theory, a basic component of peak oil. Peak oil refers to the point in time when the maximum rate of […]