What Will The Future Bring?
Do you ever stop to wonder what it would be like to lose all of the perks of modern civilization? It’s only through virtually new technological achievements that we’re now able to have medical procedures from anything to fungus toenail laser treatment to ingrown toenail removal. The idea of going back to live closer to Mother Earth in a place like Long Island sounds appealing, but what if you needed Long Island fungus toenail treatment and lacked the resources to have it done? Chances are, it wouldn’t be pretty!
Yet this may be what happens. While few think many of the conspiracy theories currently going around about 2012 and the denying global warming being a real danger are becoming less and less. Even if you deny that this climate change is happening, you still have to consider things like peak oil, and the unsustainable aspect of the way we currently exist.
“Unsustainable” means that our current way of life cannot go on forever. This is obviously the case, as our society is run on what are mostly non-renewable resources such as coal and oil. It’s been estimated that planet Earth may now be fifty percent through all available oil stocks, while the level of consumer demand for oil continues to rise. This is due to the economic booms of densely populated countries such as China and India.
So what happens when all the oil is gone? The hope is that scientists will by that time have discovered a way that we can run totally on solar and wind as fuels, since they’re one hundred percent renewable. But how much time do we have left?
Some, such as the writer of “Endgame” Derrick Jensen, have put forth the idea that reverting to a Stone Age way of life may actually be the best thing for humanity. It sounds ridiculous at first, but what Jensen is advocating is a lifestyle that is far more connected to nature, and pays respects to what it takes from the natural world. It’s been stated by American Indians that if one kills a fish from the ocean to eat, that individual now has a responsibility to that community of fish, to ensure that it survives. Such an idea seems ridiculously quaint to modern people, yet this way of living is far more sustainable, and ultimately better for us, than the way we are currently living.
Demand for non-renewable resources will continue to rise as the resources themselves are more and more depleted. What will it seem like when we realize we’re out of oil? Not many individuals want to be around to find out the answer. One of the reasons many Western leaders, even liberals, are so set on creating stability in the Middle East is that these countries hold large amounts of oil that may be needed to keep civilization from falling apart.
Whatever the result of our current lifestyle will be, there’s a large chance that it will be event that the youth of today will experience within their lifetimes. We’ll just have to wait and see.
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