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Do you believe the scientific reports that oil production is declining, that we are coming to the end of oil?

Asked by Linda_Owl (7748points) June 17th, 2011

Science has repeatedly shown that oil deposits are nearing the end. The US is way past the peak of oil production, & now the oil production in the Arab world has also started declining. And yet our government is just barely making any effort to find viable alternatives. Our entire civilization runs on oil, without it, EVERYTHING will stop. Factories, jobs, food transport, electric power, water from our faucets depends upon electrical pumps (so no electric, no water), no jobs = no money to pay for our homes, no fuel means no transport of food. However, here in the US we refuse to see the reality of this situation. We continue to build houses that are far bigger than we actually need, we continue to buy & drive vehicles that are far too big for what we actually need. We continue to elect people who also choose to ignore the reality that we are running out of oil. At some point all of this reality is going to come crashing down around us & when it does, it will be too late to find “alternative solutions”.

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