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Peak Oil
Related: About this forumPeak oil unable to avert energy crunch
A report issued in February 2010 by the US Joint Forces Command stated that "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."
It goes on to say that a severe energy crunch is inevitable and "one should not forget that the Great Depression spawned a number of totalitarian regimes that sought economic prosperity for their nations by ruthless conquest." One hopes that this is not the US agenda - or is it?
http://gulfnews.com/business/opinion/in-the-pipeline-peak-oil-unable-to-avert-energy-crunch-1.979624
Its coming folks and there is nothing we can do about it.
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Peak oil unable to avert energy crunch (Original Post)
4dsc
Feb 2012
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jwirr
(39,215 posts)1. I would reluctantly say we are well into that agenda already. Put it will not be for the little
people.
neverforget
(9,478 posts)2. It certainly is coming and it's not going to be pretty.
4dsc
(5,787 posts)3. Too bad no one will care until TSHTF
I wonder what the reaction of the American people would be if this was on the nightly news?