Peak Oil: Underlying Cause of the Gulf Spill

The insatiable drive to extract ever more oil from ever more unproductive sources is what ultimately led to the rush, the inattentivenes, that triggered the Deepwater Horizon tragedy. This article from The Guardian treats the subject well. BTW, 2011 could be interesting if OPEC tries to keep oil price under $100, but finds it difficult to effectively ramp up production in order to achieve that end. It's not in the oil-producing countries' interest to cripple the industrialized world with high energy prices, but the (potential?) spectre of peak oil may get in their way.