Oil be damned

15 August 2005
If you have not yet become aware of the reality that the world will change beyond recognition very soon due to a phenomenon known as peak oil, let me enlighten you.
In summary, oil is required for everything and supports Western Economies and their Security. Within the next year or so, demand will outstrip supply by enough to lead to economic meltdown of all Western Economies. Future wars will relate to energy control and distribution (okay, current wars too). Things like air travel, if still available, will become astronomically expensive. No current technologies can provide sufficient alternative energy sources. Self-sufficiency will become key to survival. Probably, horses and carts will re-appear on our roads.
Sounds awful, doesn't it? How bad it will be is a matter of conjecture, but it will lead to a radically different world. There's no dispute about that and it will happen within the next few years, guaranteed.
Why not put 'peak oil' into a search engine and see for yourself.
Why don't we know more about this? Well, it's not the kind of thing world leaders discuss in public. But I'm sure it has been the main (secret) agenda item of G8 meetings for some time. It's the most important reason for them to meet, after all. Oil is the bottom line.
Incidently, control of Iraqi oil is the only way to break the Opec stranglehold on oil control. It's far far far more important to America than overthrowing a dictator. So they were very lucky that overthrowing a dictator had this handy side effect. America's economic survival (in the medium term) depends on it. Nothing can save the American economy in the longer term (sorry).
But I'll stop there, as I don't discuss politics in this blog.
I just thought I'd share that for a laugh.
Have a nice day.
There endeth this blog. Stay tuned!