So there is a GOOD CHANCE with OIL we will all be startving or in a famine state in the future?

Question

Basically when peak oil happens WHICH it HAS too eventually since we live in a finite world we will be starving. You can't get around it by not driving becasue all that we eat and use is based on oil. The average car takes hundreds of gallons of oil to make the lightweight plastic. Look around you look at your pop bottle oil is needed. For every calorie you eat it takes 10 calories of oil for you to eat it. Think about it it takes a ton of oil to have agricultural machinery to gather the food, big trucks ship the food, store the food in heat or cold, you have to drive to the place to get it. Batteries take oil to make solar panels too!! We have a real problem here and most Americans are just smiling and going to Costco watching American idol and thinking it's one big joke and they don't know gas will be 15 bucks a gallon in a few years. The question is what alternatives do we HAVE?? START THINKING!!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peak_oil

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peak_oil

Answer 1

Here's why we're not screwed.

As soon as oil goes up above alternative fuel costs, there will be a HUGE movement to use up those alternative fuels.

The only reason oil has ruled is because it was so cheap. We didn't have any reason to look for something better and devote more research to better fuels.

Answer 2

Somehow I highly doubt that.

"Most" Americans have to look at the prices of gas going up everytime they have to refill to make it to work.

But yeah, I agree, they better wake up and realize they're going to start startving or be in famine soon.

Answer 3

There is enough oil on our own soil that we would be able to support ourselves for numerous years to come, but why, might you ask, has the government not allowed drilling here? Well that's a good question. I'm thinking the gov't will have us all starving before lack of oil will.

Answer 4

Well ,most people are stupid and don't care about that because in they're eyes they'll be dead anyway so why worry about it!