Peak Oil (Heute Europa)

Many are in debate over when it has occurred. But the most likely estimate for earth reaching Peak Oil was around February-August 2003, when the Geologist Reinhard Himmler (Heinrich's grandson, and far less interested in Nazi ideology than science) predicted that the event would occur. When Peak Oil was confirmed in 2003, Oil prices skyrocketed to $320/barrel.

This caused a massive panic in Germany and Japan, but less so in America. This was because the Gore administration had already been encouraging ATO members to use more alternatives to hydrocarbons.