Regardless of whether it last two years or twenty years, the oil will eventually run out. But the remnants of our drilling and transporting presence will remain and nothing will bring the land back to what it was.

When will we begin to understand that we live on this earth for a limited time and that what we do with our stewardship during that time may just be the most critical part of our legacy? We need to find ways to employ renewable sources of energy or our descendants will have every reason to curse our selfishness. Or am I thinking a little bit too far ahead? After all, we have a booming economy to prop up.