there are so many alternatives to oil now and the pressure on these people is getting stronger for them to get their act together and produce an alternative

Some guy in the states is working on a electrical capacitor that acts like a battery but he claims he will be able to produce a car that can do 500 mile on a ten minute charge from the mains electric (hope he gets it to work)

Hydrogen fuel technology is coming on in leaps and bounds and promises a real alternative to oil.

Hybrid cars will help but I think this is just a stop gap solution
Battery cars are improving but needs to improve a lot more yet to be a viable solution

I really do believe that the oils producing countries are on the brink of loosing their grip on the world economies and will very soon see a decline on the dependence of oil

Lets hope it is not too long before oil is just not worth the expense of getting out of the ground