If The Chairman of the US Atomic Energy Commission, US Secretary of Defense, Director of Central Intelligence, and Secretary of Energy Spoke Of Peak Oil Would Anyone Listen?

Because it happened.

See TOD: Dr. James Schlesinger: "The Peak Oil Debate is Over" at ASPO-USA Conference
"the world ignores peak oil at its peril"

Rather, the political debate seems to be about comparing each other to Nazi's which is a little like rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic.