Reply #12: Here's a hint for people:

[Deja Q]

Buy "Final Exit" (3rd edition), stock up on the needed items, and wait until the time is right.

This is an issue that can't be cured. 2 reasons:

1. The GREED of the oil industries is more important than our civilization.

2. No amount of renewable resources can sustain what we have now. We'd have to scale back big time. Remember, our society is not based on balances for stability but through unchecked expansion.

It's just more proof America doesn't care about people. Only money. And Karma is approaching the door to ring the doorbell a couple of times, later knock on it, then knock in it really loudly, and then it's going to crash the door and ransack the house.

America will doom the world to failure because it is the leader, it is irresponsible, it puts greed over stability or future concerns (just like the budget and anything else those fucking vile repukes and other corporate-friendly bastards do, though you'd probably noticed already...)

I don't even need to see the site to know what's going to happen, and I'd thought this out some time ago:

1. No transportation. No trucks to move needed products (food) and wanted products (the pointless crap our society wants to buy to keep the economy going). Don't forget tank,s helicopters, et cetera... it'll be hard to get to a hospital if you need to.

2. Plastic. Just one word. See anything that has plastic in it, you won't see it in the future. From hairbrushes to CDs to hospital equipment that saves lives. It is gone. Forever. NASCAR gets some well deserved blame for OUTRIGHT WASTING RESOURCES THAT CAN BE USED TO CREATE PLASTIC FOR PROPER REASONS.

3. Food. We've overworked the world's soil so badly, we have to use petrochemical-based fertilizers to keep it going. Petrochecmical. That's OIL, folks. (don't forget energy made by burning food... corn is becoming more commonplace...)

4. Energy. As I said, no alternative fuel is going to be a significant help. Apart from nuclear, none of the resources can begin to replace oil in terms of how much we use. and show me how ANY collection resources or nuke plants can be made WITHOUT PLASTIC. Yet alone our need for transport: gas, electric, or hybrid, they all use plastic too.

I'm sure the ramifactions are more widespread than this, but what I've said is pretty encompassing and scary as it is. I don't want to know what else will happen, including the wars the US will openly wage to collect more of the damn substance. The lives hurt and the lives lost just to satisfy our filthy oillust. Of course, the military and repukes love violence and blowing things up, so their bloodlust will be satisfied too.

I will not be around when the unescapable calamity happens. Oh, I'm damn serious when I mention "Final Exit". Think about it. How many of us were trained/raised to survive in harsh conditions? Can you change abruptly to utter isolation, where distances that once took minutes to get to would now take DAYS? I know I can't.

Which is better, a quick death or a slow agonizing one?

And, best of all, the human garbage known as "wealthy people" will be in the same boat, and their stash of dollars won't help them one damn bit. I suppose that's the bit of good news in the downfall of modern civilization.