http://gristmill.grist.org/story/2008/3/6/0372/45509
This story is about Global Warming, but it could apply to peak oil as well. Either way, it has the scariest climate change scenario I've seen yet. Here is the money shot:
We are talking average global temperatures some 10° to 14° C higher -- yes 18° to 25° F higher (and perhaps 50% higher than that on northern land masses like the continental U.S.) -- in any case, far higher than the last time the planet had no ice whatsoever and sea levels were more than 250 feet higher. The ocean would be rendered virtually lifeless. Deserts would engulf vast tracts of the planet. This is not "global warming" or "climate change," it is Hell and High Water.
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