It's interesting to look around the globe at the poorer nations, Venezuela, Sri Lanka, Myan Mar etc. They used to call them the developing world because back in the 70's the green revolution coupled with low oil prices saw the inhabitants enjoying better and better living standards. That has been in reverse for a number of years now and nothing can correct it, they simply can't afford the all the oil and Gas based fertilizers they want. So they are leading the transition so to speak. So yes the power distribution is unbalanced, but that's life on Earth, always has been always will be. I have looked into these so called alternatives to oil, as the mass media portrays them, and see nothing that can come close to replacing fossil fuels. Sure, if we consume half the fuels produced today and cover the planet with wind turbines we can enjoy clean energy, but what replaces them in 20 years? And what happens to the global economy in the mean time? It collapses of course. It's barely holding together now.
As as I said above, "Alternatives" do nothing to help the fertilizer and plastics industry, the steel industry, the cement industry, the mining industry, all of which can only be practically powered by FF. In short, we can't transition our civilization to electric power, that's just a political dream designed to keep us quiet and consuming product, like expensive electric cars. If they had started in the 70's with the first oil shocks and built cycle-ways on a massive scale most of the populations of the cities could be mobile on bicycles and light electric 4-wheelers now instead of cars. That would have drastically reduced oil consumption. Just like it was in China 25 years ago... But no one wants to give up anything do they BB. You don't want to give up your busa do you, or your car. And what if a progressive government demanded you surrender them and ride an electric bus or a pushbike, you'd be up in arms I guarantee it!
The future will be the future and it will be up to those living in it to solve their own problems. Our parents and their parents started us down this road and we don't look back and accuse them of being wasteful and stupid, even though all the evidence was available back then that coal and oil was a dead end. We're just the generation living in the transition to "No Oil". The Millennials and the Zoomers are not changing, they buy cars and get new iphones every year, If they were totally fretful over it they should be the ones dialing back on FF use but they consume just like us Wiser older folk. No, the future will take care of itself, and it will probably be a better future too without all the cars running around and the electric lights burning all night. people might actually get out and look at the stars! They'll certainly be doing more physical work, which will be better than munching cheetos in front of a screen or pushing a mouse across a desk like most do now.
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