Climatron: Personal Blog of Kyle Vandercamp

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When the US Military admit to serious concerns of oil shortages by 2015 whether you’re left, right, or middle of the road – we’re all listening, no?

“”By 2012, surplus oil production capacity could entirely disappear, and as early as 2015, the shortfall in output could reach nearly 10 million barrels per day… While it is difficult to predict precisely what economic, political, and strategic effects such a shortfall might produce, it surely would reduce the prospects for growth in both the developing and developed worlds. Such an economic slowdown would exacerbate other unresolved tensions, push fragile and failing states further down the path toward collapse, and perhaps have serious economic impact on both China and India… One should not forget that the Great Depression spawned a number of totalitarian regimes that sought economic prosperity for their nations by ruthless conquest.”

Grim tidings that we’ve heard raised before. But even the end of oil has a bright side, we’ll be forced to find other ways to power our lives, carbon free. Fundamental change is driven by necessity, and we seem to be racing toward one here.