Basically oil is the most important part of our lives. Everything from food to motor cars require oil. But as it was said the reserves of oil are finite and we have already entered the Peak Oil stage after that there is a fall in the reserves. It means that oil will get costlier while our population will increase by 2% every year and need for it will rise furiously for any country. This will give rise to the war for oil, as we have already witnessed recently in the facade of terrorism what US did. So it boils down to the point where the nations who depends upon oil based economy will enter into an utter chaos if not dealt with a more planned approach before hand.
The food we are growing depends upon oil (machines used to irrigate, fertilizers are a byproduct of oil refinements) will decrease, kids pop out every second at a geometric rate (consumers will increase by geometric means). Oil prices will rise to an extent that transport mediums will no longer be a luxury (it's funny to think about that slavery died when industrial revolution occurred !). Thanks to the falling economy due to inherent fallible nature of debt based system (this economic crisis is not new, go read history ! But this will be the worst combined with oil problem if tackled by these stupid politicians and dumb people who lives upto only tomorrow).
First factor is population which we must control. And that will be done either by misery(epidemics, wars etc) and vices(contraception, sterilization) or in a planned way (education, incentives etc). Think of it ?
The second factor is that food and energy are interconnected. If we have energy then we can sustain food but if we use half of the food (to produce what we call as ethanol using corns) to provide already falling energy then certainly we will have half of the population without nourishment. Getting fuel from food is not only a stupid solution but a temporary solution which comes with vices.
Another thing is that people can't believe anything like a life without oil. They all live as if the life will be same even after 10 years. They think it's completely ridiculous and something will be invented to save us magically. A change is not brought by government but it's people. But guess people are too busy to think rationally.
Third one is that we must be beware of famines and any kind of food shortage/security. We must think about methods to sustain food stocks despite of the need of oil (remind you that electricity we get comes by oil only, just a little part is produced from renewable source of energy). Agricultural research should include some new methods and skills.
Renewable resources of energy comes as a fourth factor to decide our fate. But why haven't we shifted to them completely. Is it that inefficient ? Or is it so scarce ? NO, the simple thing is that there is no profit for big companies in switching to these energy harness programs as oil is readily available and they have already invested a fortune in oil. It will require a great amount of investment to research and build infrastructure to harness energy from renewable sources. But it is the NEED OF TIME now. You either clamber up ladders gradually or you do it after spraining your ankle. Best thing about renewable sources is that they are completely green, no pollution and no fear of depletion. The second thing is that any nation depending upon renewable resources will be able to survive the time when other nations will be suffering due to their very dependence on already depleted oil. Single most effiecient source of energy is SOLAR ENERGY, it is widely abundant almost at every place. Another source is Geo Thermal Energy, it is assumed that if harnessed effectively we can get 50% of our daily energy need from it for 4000 years.
So expect a better future, start acting. We need technology in right direction to survive the transition. Politicians are either stupid or too short sighted that they are completely overlooking the long term benefit , they are more concerned about short term goals (like growing bio fuel or extracting oil from tar, but thats just a temporary solution which will fail).
What do you guys think ?
*img520.imageshack.us/img520/9712/peakoil.png
*img134.imageshack.us/img134/2562/eiapetroleumcsonsumptio.png
References:
*www.organicconsumers.org/articles/article_6193.cfm
*www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=3&art_id=vn20081012083703515C643309
*en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peak_oil
The food we are growing depends upon oil (machines used to irrigate, fertilizers are a byproduct of oil refinements) will decrease, kids pop out every second at a geometric rate (consumers will increase by geometric means). Oil prices will rise to an extent that transport mediums will no longer be a luxury (it's funny to think about that slavery died when industrial revolution occurred !). Thanks to the falling economy due to inherent fallible nature of debt based system (this economic crisis is not new, go read history ! But this will be the worst combined with oil problem if tackled by these stupid politicians and dumb people who lives upto only tomorrow).
First factor is population which we must control. And that will be done either by misery(epidemics, wars etc) and vices(contraception, sterilization) or in a planned way (education, incentives etc). Think of it ?
The second factor is that food and energy are interconnected. If we have energy then we can sustain food but if we use half of the food (to produce what we call as ethanol using corns) to provide already falling energy then certainly we will have half of the population without nourishment. Getting fuel from food is not only a stupid solution but a temporary solution which comes with vices.
Another thing is that people can't believe anything like a life without oil. They all live as if the life will be same even after 10 years. They think it's completely ridiculous and something will be invented to save us magically. A change is not brought by government but it's people. But guess people are too busy to think rationally.
Third one is that we must be beware of famines and any kind of food shortage/security. We must think about methods to sustain food stocks despite of the need of oil (remind you that electricity we get comes by oil only, just a little part is produced from renewable source of energy). Agricultural research should include some new methods and skills.
Renewable resources of energy comes as a fourth factor to decide our fate. But why haven't we shifted to them completely. Is it that inefficient ? Or is it so scarce ? NO, the simple thing is that there is no profit for big companies in switching to these energy harness programs as oil is readily available and they have already invested a fortune in oil. It will require a great amount of investment to research and build infrastructure to harness energy from renewable sources. But it is the NEED OF TIME now. You either clamber up ladders gradually or you do it after spraining your ankle. Best thing about renewable sources is that they are completely green, no pollution and no fear of depletion. The second thing is that any nation depending upon renewable resources will be able to survive the time when other nations will be suffering due to their very dependence on already depleted oil. Single most effiecient source of energy is SOLAR ENERGY, it is widely abundant almost at every place. Another source is Geo Thermal Energy, it is assumed that if harnessed effectively we can get 50% of our daily energy need from it for 4000 years.
So expect a better future, start acting. We need technology in right direction to survive the transition. Politicians are either stupid or too short sighted that they are completely overlooking the long term benefit , they are more concerned about short term goals (like growing bio fuel or extracting oil from tar, but thats just a temporary solution which will fail).
What do you guys think ?
*img520.imageshack.us/img520/9712/peakoil.png
*img134.imageshack.us/img134/2562/eiapetroleumcsonsumptio.png
References:
*www.organicconsumers.org/articles/article_6193.cfm
*www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=3&art_id=vn20081012083703515C643309
*en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peak_oil
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