Civilization’s Fall May Not Be the End, But It Will Be a Hard New Beginning
And it is coming sooner than you think
There are many people out there that don’t believe me when I talk about the fall of our civilization coming so soon. I can understand that. They may be in denial. They may not have drilled down for the information needed to come to that conclusion yet. They may suspect there are terrible things about to happen but don’t want it confirmed.
They respond to my essays on the subject by talking about how white hydrogen, solar panels, electric cars, nuclear, and so on and so forth will save the world. Lord God knows I wish that were the case. If wishes were fishes.
Even if they were the answer, there are many problems with electric cars that won’t be fixed in time. The same goes for wind and solar. And by “time” I mean the 19 to 35 years before the practical demise of oil. That means we quit using oil at that time and leave the rest in the ground or don’t quit and keep tacking on to the final warm-up temperature of the planet something over 2 degrees C. (3.6 degrees F.).
Since major fundamental facets of our civilization require oil and diesel (mining, agriculture, transport, pharmaceuticals), our civilization is due for a tumble. Natural gas can keep us going for a little while, but…
