Oil Shortage and Predictions of the Aftermath
I was watching Unscrewed today, and this guy came on, talking about oil shortages and how by 2050 or sooner all the oil will be gone and how there would be an apocalypse of some kind (link's here: http://www.lifeaftertheoilcrash.net/Introduction.html). He said this because almost everything we see today in this post-modern time is a direct result of this cheap fuel. Now I was really, really, really saying "apocalypse? yeah, right." But I don't think he's too far off.
Sure, the depression that might come, might be solved with a "New FDR" of some kind, but I don't think we'll still have that "Number One" spot after that. I mean, we use more cars than most countries (they use trains and bikes more than cars...but America and SUVs :shakehead2:...), and consume so many resources. The dent won't be fixed easily. Who's going to "run the show" so to speak? We dance and prance around the U.N. so nonchalant, yet think we're it's backbone (probably are, ala League of Nations--World War II). Maybe China starts threatening or something, I don't know. But maybe the whole world will suffer, just like during the Great Depression. Who knows?
What are your thoughts on this? What do you think the future holds for us?