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Just finished watching A
Crude Awakening: The Oil Crash.
Black blood. Excrement of the Devil. Blood of the
Earth. Whatever you want to call it, oil - and its
cheap abundant energy - is the root of our
technological civilization. It is the life blood of
today's world.
However, thou giveth, thou taketh away.
Quite quickly peak oil could wipe out the civilization
that cheap oil created, or at least that's the message
of Crude Awakening.
Once oil is gone, it will be immensely difficult to
replace. And, even if it can be replaced, the
replacement will almost certainly cost much more than
oil, much more than $3.00 per gallon - MUCH more. Yet,
today, there is no real world solution to
cost-effectively replacing oil that has been proven
technologically feasible.
Moreover, there is little hope of politicians -
anywhere in the world - taking the lead on this issue
according to experts in the film. Quite simply, the
truth is too hard to swallow, but if peak oil is real
and near, today's economic crisis will be the last
good times most of us ever see.
Ultimately, America needs less cars, much more public
transportation, efficiency at all levels, and a huge
gas tax to wake Americans up to the reality of the
future. The days of cheap energy are over or soon to
be over. The sooner that is accepted the better the
chances of surviving this imminent catastrophe.
How bad could it get? Worse than you can imagine.
How about the end of the airline industry, for
instance? I mean you'll NEVER fly anywhere again. And
that isn't even the extreme end. Without oil's cheap
energy, the planet is incapable of supporting more
than a couple billion people, at best, which means the
majority of the people in the world would need to die.
No political issue today in America should be more
important than ending foreign oil dependency, as a
start. We cannot move fast enough towards efficiency
and towards alternative energy.
Sure President Obama is taking more steps than George
Bush, but they are baby steps, and without a few giant
leaps, the game might already be over.
Labels: Foreign Oil Dependency
