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It’s not the end of the world…(not yet at least). I don’t view the United States passing the oil peak as such a bad collapse. Collapse in America might not be such a bad thing right now. Global warming is approaching so rapidly, that maybe having a global oil collapse is just what the doctor ordered. The transformation back to walking and riding bikes might be horrifying to some but I see it as a positive thing for saving the world.
In history many civilizations have collapsed. In class we focused on the rapid collapse of Easter Island and how it resembled the collapse of America. The demise of Easter Island was the waste of their resources, like Easter Island America is wasting our resources as well. Esther Islands main resource was there trees; once they used up all of their resources there civilization fell. Seeing the way Easter Island fell made me realize that America is not only wasting 1 main resource which is oil but 2 main resources because we are cutting down trees at a rapid pace as well. Once the oil supplies become unbearable, I think people are going to start viewing trees in a different light and we will build a better country after the oil collapse.
I like the possibility that having an oil collapse will improve the world in many aspects. The Olduvai theory believes that energy production per capita will fall to its 1930 value by 2030, thus giving Industrial Civilization a lifetime of less than or equal to 100 years (Richard C. Duncan). Basically that evolution is going to take a full turn around and go back to the stone ages. From the actions that people are taking this theory is most likely to happen unless something is done. “Fossil fuels make the world go around” so when we run out the collapse of oil will eventually movie into the collapse of the world. |
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