mainstream ineluctable

Charlie Rose featured a half-hour panel yesterday on oil. The lead member was one Charles Maxwell who introduced Hubbard and peak oil, which of course flew over the heads of everyone else at the table.

Also, in the past week, I overheard a pundit use the term 'apocalypse' in connection with the current 'spike'.

MSNBC: Unlike 70s, there is no more supply to quench growing appetite for crude