Can we talk about oil yet?

Can we talk about oil yet? It went up again today because someone published something in the New Yorker. I bet it will go down a tad Tuesday. But not much. Oil is the issue that trumps all others. But we are still refusing to see it.
About 60% of the country is on the same page about W - so the polls tell us.
And yet, with all this agreement on Bush's failures, lies, and deceit - we still can't or won't grasp the obvious - it's about oil.
Why won't we talk about oil? The media won't for simple reasons. Money. Ratings. Scaring people a little every day is good for business. Telling people that every single assumption they have about their lives is hanging by a thread is a major media buzz kill.
The national conversation - in so much as it is not dictated by the media - is stilted around oil for the reason stated above. That thing called your "lifestyle" is about to take a serious beating. And who wants to throw that into a perfectly delightful night of Bush bashing?
I urge everyone to get up to speed on oil depletion.
Two sites to get started:
Lifeaftertheoilcrash.net
dieoff.org
Have fun. Resist the temptation to check out. The tipping point in the national conversation on peak oil will be at $5 a gallon. I would say that by then it will be too late. But, actually, it already is too late.
Let's at least understand why and how we got here.