How then, do we move backwards? How does a society, with most of the people having no clue of future events, move from being dependent on a vast and intertwined network of goods and services produced by the indigenous people of whereever, to a local resource and renewable energy based society, and do so in the timeframe available (20-30 years using the most liberal extimates, 10-20 with resonable estimates, 5-10 with worst case scenarios), all the while prices on everything increasing, world politics getting more militaristic, governments continuously reducing civil liberties, shortages of goods on the market and weather patterns resembling bad Hollywood movies?
It inclines to the pessimistic view for oil, but indicates that there are still good reserves of gas and especially coal, plus plenty of room to expand wind and hydro world-wide. Plus they have an overall positive outlook on nukes. Assuming we get off our asses we could still avert disaster.
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