According to Groovy Green:

Interestingly this video shows that the theory of “Peak Oil” had officially acknowledge as FACT by American Politican

Thank you Groovy Green for this information! It’s what I had in mind for the future in sustainable lifestyle.

Let me list down my suggestions for sustainable living for the future.

1. Support laws for higher mileage vehicles or incentives for fuel conservation transportation
2. Support Public Transport
3. Support Park and Ride incentives (bigger & cheaper car parks near MRT, Busstops)
4. Support alternative energies research in private and public sectors
5. Support education and mass publicity on the fact of Peak Oil together with Global Warming.
6. Support better understanding for higher cost in the future to avoid mass protest.
7. Support full fledge energy conservation projects instead of using higher “market pricing” deregulation to curb demand.
8. Support localization of food supply.
9. Support incentive to recycle used products, pay people to recycle per item.
10. Support creative ideas and inventive mind to solve energy crisis.

So far this is some general suggestions for the public and policy makers.

I do have many ideas to tap energies from mother earth such as wind, solar, waves, geothermal and others best kept as trade secrets for now. Key tips, any waste energy around you that are dispersed into the environment lately?

Let’s look into various energies…kinetic energy, gravitational energy, magnetic energy, sound vibration energy, heat energy, expansion and contraction of elements in different temperature, bodily movements, wind, sun, waves, atoms, pressure, body fluid, lightning, static, high radio frequencies to break water into Hydrogen, magnetic induction boiling, chemical reaction using acid and metals and many many many many ideas that can potentially save man from addiction of fossil fuels.

Many are almost brainless and can be implement almost immediately if you have the money and free time. Most don’t give a damn to save the world and continue to waste precious energies.

To give some broad examples of wasting of energies
(I believe I still recovering from shock when I know that I am wasting energies to do my work)

1. Buying a product made from oil
2. Using Transportation that consume fossil fuels directly or indirectly
3. Eat food that are imported thousands of miles away
4. Not switching off electrical equipment completely off when not in use even for 10 minutes
5. Eating vegetables that are using non-organic fertilizers (natural gas) and pesticides (oil)

There are simply too many examples to put the list in full details. The only way I can put it across to readers are simple, just close your eyes imagine that there are no more oil and electricity…what are the things that will be missing when that happen.

I will put a fictional imaginary story below to show you the horror of PEAK OIL Happening in it’s full effects by 2012 to 2020.

By Jan 2013, Oil prices had spiked above $200 per barrels and the world are fighting each other for land and resources. Major war breaks out in the middle east for the very fuel that fuel the economies of major countries.

By then there are no more super power countries but of countries of densely populated hell on earth where neighbors hunt your pets for food and beggars are all over the place lining up at those “kitchen soup” centers set up by charitable churches.

It had all started as in a peaceful protest by the workers to increase wages and against hike in fuel prices, when that obviously didn’t work they turn violent. Home made weapons are used against the police whom very existence is to maintain peace and stability of economy of the country.

Then the stocks and shares begins to collapse and the population suddenly becomes broke and cannot afford imported food anymore, looting started to spiral out of control in supermarket and shopping centers that resembles war zones. The rich that are desperate joined gangs to seek protection of property of stores and their life.

Anger, frustration, starvation, fear, greed, and other emotions take hold of the community when state of emergency had been declared after weeks of violent protest.

Telephone, Internet, news broadcasting stations are all shut down by the military and a media silence will be strictly enforced as soldiers maintain the peace in the streets by terrorizing everyone and start a violent criminal investigation to those who “protested”.

As the protesters are rounded up and some may be brutally executed by accident or deliberately by soldiers or “secret police”, many protester vow revenge and start their own uprising against the government.

All these happened as electricity is only reserved to the super rich and the government buildings. The cost of LNG imports had skyrocketed ever since oil prices spikes to unseen levels forcing the world to switch to natural gas imports, with LNG to be the key fossil fuel for electricity generation for some countries.

Black markets spring up everywhere selling fuel hoarded previously at inflated prices with over 500% profits but the now some traders are simply asking for food in exchange instead.

People are regretting why they never recycle those plastics bottles, aluminum cans, and investing in renewable energies.

Those who own a solar panels are basically the king of the community that are protected by thugs with AK47 smuggled via corrupted routes. Even the police are depending on these renewable energies to sustain their telecommunication via short wave radios by charging those electricity sucking walkie talkies.

The hospitals are low on antibiotics and electricity to run the electronic equipments, many patients died while in surgery during the frequent black outs even though the military had the given highest priority to give electricity to hospitals.

Sectarian violence breaks out everywhere as the cities are cut into many turfs owned by several self proclaim war lords and goes by creative names that everybody fear.

The peace keepers from other countries are recalled back to solve their own problems in their own countries.

Religious fanatics and misguided believers march their way to mass suicide believing in the end of the world and coming of the savior to send them to heaven. Fake prophets cannibalized offerings by believers and live lavish lifestyle protected from harm by big group of strong believers.

In another country in the same year a different scene emerged, they call their country eco-friendly city or transition city.

Almost all the roof tops of multilevel car parks are filled with solar panels and any exposed roof are covered with renewable energies ranging for PV solar, Sterling Motor powered by reflected heat from the sun and wind turbines.

Super Long double level Electric Bus zoomed pass carrying maximum load around the country.

Recycling machines spit out food vouchers for recycling anything that can be recycled.

High rise green house buildings are nearing their harvest and hundreds of tired but happy farmers collected their fair share of their income and get 3 meals a day.

Dozen of rabbit farms had been up and running to collect their natural dump for organic fertilizers for growing organic vegetables.

Many people starts to come out of their house and interact more with each other and form community against crimes and exchange harvest for survival.

New jobs are created for renewable energies technologies, many electricians are wiring up batteries and solar panels everywhere. Other business allow workers to work from home and have more than one office to cater to less transportation cost.

Telecommunication WIFI nodes are maintain by private sectors and individuals to keep the internet alive for trade and communication.

People understands their country limits to control hikes in prices and evolve themselves to move into sustainability mode of course thanks to the massive education programs by the government in the year 2009 to 2010 when oil prices went crazy.

Eventually when the world war ends with half the world population gone, the equilibrium of demand and supply of oil starts to stabilize and oil prices drop dramatically but it matters no more as by 2020, 90% of the combustion engines vehicles are abandoned by unwilling owners as they had no longer able to afford to drive these “cars” then.

The above story are merely a piece of my own imagination and combined with some recent important events in Iraq, Burma, Paris, Zimbabwe and many other sources to construct a possible future after peak oil.

It’s currently a fantasy fictional story but it may become true one day…

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