Hummer dealership, Grapevine, Texas. Note the spacing between vehicles in the lot. Not many vehicles for a lot that had once been packed. The price of gas is past its peak, but the tax dodge, er, deduction for SUVs ends January 1st. 

Books on the Subject

The End of Oil : On the Edge of a Perilous New World

Out of Gas: The End of the Age of Oil by David Goodstein

The Party's Over: Oil, War and the Fate of Industrial Societies by Richard Heinberg

Resource Wars: The New Landscape of Global Conflict With a New Introduction by the Author by Michael T. Klare

Hubbert's Peak : The Impending World Oil Shortage by Kenneth S. Deffeyes

The Oil Factor: How Oil Controls the Economy and Your Financial Future by Donna Leeb

The Coming Oil Crisis by C. J. Campbell