peak oil
there are people preaching the end of the world when oil peaks. which might have been 2.5 years ago. or it might have been last month. or it might be uh real soon now. they're idiots. read my last post about the maori. a similar thing is happening with oil. oil is a yummy highly nutritious resource. the good times roll for as long as the oil lasts. after that we're just going to have to make do using energy sources that are not as tasty as oil. we're going to have to work really hard to produce energy. that's really not that bad. we already work really hard producing luxuries. like suv's, burgers, and election campaigns. the world will change after oil gets expensive. civilization might experience some discomfort. but it'll be more of a reorganization than a collapse.