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Looking Forward
May. 20th, 2015 05:44 amhttps://visual.ly/stock-check-how-long-will-earths-resources-last
There are some other articles out there painting a similar picture - about 40 years for oil seems to be a common figure.
It's of incredible concern, you know? But it's like the world has blinders on. This isn't talked about much in mainstream media...there's no push for conservation of oil, energy, or precious metals. There's been no slow down in manufacturing and advertising pressures as much or more as ever for greater consumption to drive the markets higher and higher. New markets are opening up and expanding very rapidly in parts of the world that contain a much greater proportion of population than the west does, in addition to a much greater need because they are not yet fully modernized...and therefore, they have a much higher propensity for abuse of finite resources.
Maybe it's not mainstream because it's sensationalist and incorrect - but I intuit that this is not the case, and the references I can find seem legitimate. If we don't transition into dominant forms of green, renewable energy, I can't even fathom the kinds of horrors civilization will face in the next fifty years. This is in addition to the looming disaster that climate change appears to be, and the apparent inevitability of water scarcity in the most populated areas worldwide.
Are we running on rails towards devastation, or is it just another generation's falling sky?
There are some other articles out there painting a similar picture - about 40 years for oil seems to be a common figure.
It's of incredible concern, you know? But it's like the world has blinders on. This isn't talked about much in mainstream media...there's no push for conservation of oil, energy, or precious metals. There's been no slow down in manufacturing and advertising pressures as much or more as ever for greater consumption to drive the markets higher and higher. New markets are opening up and expanding very rapidly in parts of the world that contain a much greater proportion of population than the west does, in addition to a much greater need because they are not yet fully modernized...and therefore, they have a much higher propensity for abuse of finite resources.
Maybe it's not mainstream because it's sensationalist and incorrect - but I intuit that this is not the case, and the references I can find seem legitimate. If we don't transition into dominant forms of green, renewable energy, I can't even fathom the kinds of horrors civilization will face in the next fifty years. This is in addition to the looming disaster that climate change appears to be, and the apparent inevitability of water scarcity in the most populated areas worldwide.
Are we running on rails towards devastation, or is it just another generation's falling sky?
