ABSTRACT
This introduction presents an overview of the key concepts discussed in the subsequent chapters of this book. The book discusses how high oil prices may have contributed to housing woes. It explores how transport-related preparations for oil depletion could unfold, with a focus on the US and China. The book reviews transport worldwide, including the movement of both people and freight and examines transport’s adverse impacts, beginning with consideration of the global impacts. It suggests that the remarkable happenings with respect to oil and transport before, during, and after 2008. The book shows that how to be better prepared for and how to influence what happens during oil depletion: that indefinite period after the world peak in oil production when the oil that fuels our transport will be less and less available. Government officials will be held accountable for society’s ability to make a smooth transition to transport systems that require less oil.
