This story is a little telling. mentions peak oil a few times, in a realistic light, and how the traders no longer believe OPEC.

http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/oil-hits-80-skeptics-stare/story.a...

In one of Mad Money's early shows, Jim Cramer featured a list of past OPEC pledges about production, all of which were not honored. If I remember correctly, he called them "serial liars".

true but...

before others beside Saudi had spare capacity with which to cheat. Now Saudi is OPEC for all intents and purposes.