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The World Is Running Out of Oil. Here’s How to Be Prepared

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Oil substantially impacts the products and activities that people become familiar with during their daily lives. Individuals immediately make a connection between oil and the fuel for vehicles. It serves that purpose, but oil also plays a role in the production of many plastics and chemicals, as well as asphalt and tar.

It’s safe to say that if we didn’t have oil, people would notice its absence immediately. Unfortunately, that scenario is not a far-flung possibility. Experts are already giving warnings about dwindling supplies, and people must stop thinking of oil as a virtually endless resource.

Here, we’ll look at some of the things that make it necessary to plan for reducing dependence on oil. Then, we’ll explore how people can adopt preparedness mindsets rather than panicking.

Increasing Concerns

The data stacks up to validate the threat of reduced oil supplies. For example, the S&P Oil & Gas Index has dropped by 32% since early January. Also, a recent threat — the coronavirus — has hindered growth in China, one of the world’s biggest markets for oil.

Other people take a different stance on the matter and insist that the world is not running out of oil. Nonetheless, they say the economics surrounding the oil industry is too unsustainable to continue. Drilling oil is a costly task, and researchers cited a plateau in crude oil production as one of the reasons behind the 2005 financial crash.

The oil industry pivoted after that point and made up for the problem by extracting liquid oils that are more difficult to retrieve than previous options. It addressed the matter in the short-term, but the new expensive forms of oil-based energy limit economic growth. They may also trigger a long-term economic contraction, experts say. Thus, continuing to rely on oil as much as we do could have catastrophic consequences for the global marketplace.

Another concerning fact is that many nations, including the United States, are heavily dependent on foreign oil. Any disruptions in the countries that supply it inevitably affect the places that need it. The oil and gas industry is the sector most targeted by terrorist attacks worldwide. The people who commit those acts know that disruption has widespread ramifications.

These problems are only the tip of the iceberg regarding why societies cannot behave as if it’s business as usual concerning oil. We do not have the luxury of living as if there is a nearly limitless supply.

Getting Ready

Cutting back on oil dependence is not an easy or quick goal to reach. However, it’s not an impossible quest. The key for individuals is to assess what’s within their ability to do.

One option for everyday people is to consider using solar energy or other renewables. Various technologies exist for converting energy from the sun into electricity or heat. For example, concentrated photovoltaics (CPV) allow solar engineers to replace the traditional large silicon cells with much smaller pieces of high-performance material. Some analysts believe that if the world used solar energy, it’d no longer need to go to war over oil.

Another possibility is for people to prioritize using cars that get excellent fuel economy or electric-powered models. Research indicates that the full penetration of electric vehicles could remove 25 million oil barrels per day from the market.  It also shows that the passenger vehicle sector is the most dependent on oil. Improving or changing the cars on the roads could cut oil use and ensure that drivers are not as impacted if prices rise due to limited supply.

People can also plan for the reduced availability of oil by becoming familiar with alternatives to traditional plastics. Compelled by the fact that about 90% of plastics are petroleum-based and not biodegradable, researchers came up with a durable and earth-friendly alternative that combines rubber with bioplastic. Evidence also suggests that the reduced demand for traditional plastics could impact the crude oil sector more than anticipated.

Although people should not fear that oil will run out soon, it’s past time for them to act as if it never will. Now is an ideal time to make lifestyle changes that mean oil takes a less-prominent position. Fortunately, technological solutions make it easier to find oil-free alternatives. Learning about these is the first crucial step towards deciding to use them regularly, so people should keep open minds and be willing to do things differently for the sake of preserving the future.

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88 Comments on "The World Is Running Out of Oil. Here’s How to Be Prepared"

  1. Davy on Tue, 31st Mar 2020 7:40 am 

    I forgot to add, I consider myself uniquely qualified to pass judgement when it comes to delusions. Delusions, can be very powerful and convincing. So real it because hard to separate fact from fantasy. You can create entire worlds for yourself in inhabit. A world where you are successful, or intelligent, or a world traveler to name a few. Or even one where people like you. And the delusiona; world feels just like the real one, I swear. That is what I have heard at any rate.

  2. Davy on Tue, 31st Mar 2020 7:53 am 

    “COVID-19 Derangement Syndrome: A World Gone Mad”
    https://tinyurl.com/tpk6qaa zero hedge

    “I define it as an acute onset of paranoia in otherwise normal people in response to the Covid-19 Corona Virus pandemic. The infection is particularly prevalent among the media and the government officials of the world. Much of the world is suffering under corrupt and ignorant leaders who cannot possibly successfully lead us out of this mess, particularly in the Western world. The world’s interconnected and dollar dominated financial system is a house of cards that has been waiting on the right flap of a butterfly’s wings to set off a series of events that will cause it to come tumbling down. We are past the point of no return. An economic recession or depression will be ushered in by the response to the Covid-19 virus, not the Covid-19 virus itself. The government response to a crisis always sets up the next crisis. Capital flight to the dollar has already begun en mass. By next year or the year after there will be loan defaults that will set off a worldwide contagion that will make 2008 look like a walk in the park. The Covid-19 corona virus will mutate and be back next year and/or the year after that. Lord help us if our leaders shut the world down again next year. China will survive and be the beneficiary of the West’s self destruction. They will suffer, but not nearly as much as the West. The USA dominated Anglo-Zionist Empire will be largely over within 20 years, maybe much sooner. The new financial capital of the world will be China.“

  3. fwsmj on Tue, 31st Mar 2020 8:00 am 

    Greenview, MissouriPassing clouds.] 50 °F
    At UN, Pakistan calls for labeling organizations critical of Islam as terrorists
    supremacist muzzies want to be supremacist beyond reproach

  4. JuanP on Tue, 31st Mar 2020 8:15 am 

    I forgot to add, I consider myself uniquely qualified to pass judgement when it comes to delusions. Delusions, can be very powerful and convincing. So real it because hard to separate fact from fantasy. You can create entire worlds for yourself in inhabit. A world where you are successful, or intelligent, or a world traveler to name a few. Or even one where people like you. And the delusiona; world feels just like the real one, I swear. That is what I have heard at any rate.

    “COVID-19 Derangement Syndrome: A World Gone Mad”
    https://tinyurl.com/tpk6qaa zero hedge
    “I define it as an acute onset of paranoia in otherwise normal people in response to the Covid-19 Corona Virus pandemic. The infection is particularly prevalent among the media and the government officials of the world. Much of the world is suffering under corrupt and ignorant leaders who cannot possibly successfully lead us out of this mess, particularly in the Western world. The world’s interconnected and dollar dominated financial system is a house of cards that has been waiting on the right flap of a butterfly’s wings to set off a series of events that will cause it to come tumbling down. We are past the point of no return. An economic recession or depression will be ushered in by the response to the Covid-19 virus, not the Covid-19 virus itself. The government response to a crisis always sets up the next crisis. Capital flight to the dollar has already begun en mass. By next year or the year after there will be loan defaults that will set off a worldwide contagion that will make 2008 look like a walk in the park. The Covid-19 corona virus will mutate and be back next year and/or the year after that. Lord help us if our leaders shut the world down again next year. China will survive and be the beneficiary of the West’s self destruction. They will suffer, but not nearly as much as the West. The USA dominated Anglo-Zionist Empire will be largely over within 20 years, maybe much sooner. The new financial capital of the world will be China.“

  5. JuanP on Tue, 31st Mar 2020 8:18 am 

    “P is for pink poodle Is For Pandemic (And O is for oops I fucked up Is For Orwellian)”
    https://tinyurl.com/t43srjg zero hedge
    “A judicious thinking individual might wonder why the Swine Flu epidemic of 2009, which is estimated to have infected 61 million Americans and killed 12,000 to 18,000, did not require a countrywide lockdown resulting in a second Great Depression. Maybe it was because the ruling class already had the ongoing financial crisis as their logic to use panic and fear in achieving their plundering objectives. Did anyone really notice we experienced a global pandemic in 2009? Our very own CDC “experts” tell us the country has already experienced 38 to 54 million flu infections since October, with a half million hospitalizations, and at least 24,000 deaths, so why weren’t our hospitals overwhelmed? I know this is a serious virus, but the scare tactics being utilized by our overseers, corrupt politicians and their corporate media propaganda outlets is beyond excessive, and reveals a far more nefarious purpose.”
    “Don’t look now but you’ve been screwed again. The Wall Street bankers are again able to borrow at 0%, while charging you 17% on your ever-increasing credit card balance. Why aren’t these scumbag bankers announcing a three-month moratorium on credit card and mortgage payments, with no interest accruing? Because their goal is to further enslave you in debt, while enriching themselves. They will run patriotic commercials, while sticking a red white and blue dildo up your ass.”

  6. Pink Poodle on Tue, 31st Mar 2020 8:18 am 

    Check out are blog.

    Its REAL Lame like…

  7. JuanP on Tue, 31st Mar 2020 8:19 am 

    There is lots of derangement going around and that’s how I like it. I fit right in.

  8. JuanP on Tue, 31st Mar 2020 8:22 am 

    Did I tell mis amigos I have been exposed to the virus by being stupid plus I am the biggest virus denier. Mak and I ruled for a while ridiculing honest science. I don’t care if the moderated side ignores my low IQ threads. Over here in the Wild West I am free to be the lunatic

  9. REAL Green on Tue, 31st Mar 2020 8:23 am 

    “There is lots of derangement going around and that’s how I like it. I fit right in.”

    Yeap. Y’all got that write Davy.

  10. REAL Green on Tue, 31st Mar 2020 8:38 am 

    19 of the last 20 comments today are from us Davy.

    Yet we promised everyone we would be spending less time on this lame unmoderated forum to concentrate on are own lame blog?

  11. JuanP on Tue, 31st Mar 2020 8:41 am 

    “There is lots of derangement going around and that’s how I like it. I fit right in.”
    Yeap. Y’all got that write Pink poodle
    Sxcellent comments from Davy.
    Pink poodle promised everyone we would be spending less time on this lame unmoderated forum to concentrate on are own on the moderated side but they just ignore me. Maybe I am crazy and low IQ

  12. fwsmj on Tue, 31st Mar 2020 9:13 am 

    Linn Creek, MO[Sunny.]10 °C
    Old video of interfaith service now viral with claim Trump offers Islamic prayers, reads Quran to stop coronavirus

  13. Abdullah the goat shagger on Tue, 31st Mar 2020 9:34 am 

    Is there some sort of new flu going around or something? Is that why everyone is panicking and buying toilet paper?

  14. asg70 on Tue, 31st Mar 2020 9:35 am 

    Current gas prices are now breaking down into the $1.xx range. This article is a joke.

  15. TheNationalist on Tue, 31st Mar 2020 9:41 am 

    The only thing that is a joke is the average unwashed urban peasants memory. U.S. shale is unprofitable if oil prices go below $40 a barrell and its less than half that now. Sure billy joe dick head can fill his huge clown car (if he still has a job) but its a temporary bonus.
    When those companies fold there will be $140 barrell oil quicker than you can say MAGA !

  16. fwsmj on Tue, 31st Mar 2020 10:56 am 

    Kaiser, Missouri[Sunny.] 12 °C
    why whitey supertard president trump not fire whitey supertard dr. faucy
    he’s changed that’s why
    he’s now valuing rationality which is enabled soley by high english. whitey supertard trump is drifing away from (((supremetard)))

    ratinality only lies to whitey supertard president trump for the love of muzzies for the sake of supremacist muzzies

    ask urself cui bono

    muzzies

    did muzie in illinois said conquer america get amputated? NO

  17. asg70 on Tue, 31st Mar 2020 11:08 am 

    “When those companies fold there will be $140 barrell oil quicker than you can say MAGA !”

    Nope. The solution to high oil prices is high oil prices. In other words, price rises, shale is profitable, shale comes back, puts a lid on oil prices. It’s happened before and will happen again.

  18. Duncan Idaho on Tue, 31st Mar 2020 11:20 am 

    Some good news:
    “My sense of timing tells me that this coronavirus and its demolition of the global capitalist, consumerist economy has come just in time to provide the necessary negative feedback to prevent a full on cataclysm. Of course, for those of us who will face which ever scenario it will certainly seem cataclysmic. But, this is just nature restoring balance so life can get a fresh start, with or without a species of Homo.”

  19. fwsmj on Tue, 31st Mar 2020 11:20 am 

    Kansas City, Missouri Sunny.]13 °C
    sry for the repost
    why whitey supertard president trump not fire whitey supertard dr. faucy
    he’s changed that’s why
    he’s now valuing rationality which is enabled soley by high english. whitey supertard trump is drifing away from (((supremetard)))

    ratinality only lies to whitey supertard president trump for the love of muzzies for the sake of supremacist muzzies

    ask urself cui bono

    muzzies

    did muzie in illinois said conquer america get amputated? NO

  20. fwsmj on Tue, 31st Mar 2020 11:22 am 

    River Bend, Missouri[Sunny.]13 °C
    why whitey supertard tom holland not a strong muzzie lover for the sake of supremacist muzzies. this supertard has on youtube “muzzie: untol story”
    he broke my theory that high english is for muzzies love for the sake of supermacist muzzies

  21. fwsmj on Tue, 31st Mar 2020 11:24 am 

    Missouri City, MissouriSunny.] 13 °C
    why whitey supertard tom holland not a lover of suppremacist muzzies. he speaks exclusively high english, it’s follows he’s a muzzie lover but he’s not.
    he said he’s not greek or roman he’s christian but he’s atheist
    head spun

  22. fwsmj on Tue, 31st Mar 2020 11:27 am 

    Wellington, Missouri[Sunny.] 13 °C
    why whitey supertard tom holland pretends to not know 1400 years of muzzie jihad
    he compares to 30 years war. 30 vs 1400 and muzzin sacred command to subjugate kufar, big diff.

  23. Davy on Tue, 31st Mar 2020 12:15 pm 

    “There Are Multiple Strains Of Coronavirus; Here’s What We Know”
    https://tinyurl.com/t9aj8g3 zero hedge

    “Frequent sequencing of the virus has allowed researchers to draw several conclusions; for example, social distancing and shelter-in-place orders appear to be working in some areas, and that the virus doesn’t appear to be growing more lethal as it evolves. “The virus mutates so slowly that the virus strains are fundamentally very similar to each other,” said infectious disease specialist Charlies Chiu of the University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine. “The outbreaks are trackable. We have the ability to do genomic sequencing almost in real-time to see what strains or lineages are circulating,” he added…SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes the COVID-19 illness, began circulating in China around mid-November or mid-December…Lastly, and perhaps the best news of the report – it’s not expected to spontaneously evolve into a more deadly form, as it’s under no pressure to evolve due to its hyper-virulent nature.”

  24. fwsmj on Tue, 31st Mar 2020 12:39 pm 

    Davy on Tue, 31st Mar 2020 12:15 pm
    above supetard obv.
    everyone pls respect supertad
    i’m closing in on the 10,000 acres for housing amputate muzzies as farm hands

  25. fwsmj on Tue, 31st Mar 2020 12:48 pm 

    Palmyra, Missouri [Sunny.]15 °C
    watch?v=wh3Ne7R02d4

  26. peakyeast on Tue, 31st Mar 2020 2:19 pm 

    ” it’s not expected to spontaneously evolve into a more deadly form, as it’s under no pressure to evolve due to its hyper-virulent nature.”

    What a strange argument – as if the mutations are guided by an omnipresent intelligence planning the next moves while intimately in contact with every single copy of its RNA and their environment.

  27. fwsmj on Tue, 31st Mar 2020 2:29 pm 

    Perry, Missouri,[Sunny.]61 °F
    peakyeast on Tue, 31st Mar 2020 2:19 pm
    i appointed peaky supertard, his title is “the lover” of muzzies.
    any kind of virus is caplabe of multating but at the same time they’re essentially unchanged.
    all virus threatens to destroy whitey supertard’s president paul republic and personal liberty. the virus use the term “lockdown” which is the same one used in prison. It means we used to have to comitt a crime to suffer “lockdown” but now we love muzzies a lot and didn’t comitt a crime but we’re “lockdown” anyways

  28. I AM THE MOB on Tue, 31st Mar 2020 2:34 pm 

    I guess they are going door to door now in many countries. And checking their temperatures by sticking a thermometer up their ass!

    WHO is your daddy!

  29. Davy on Tue, 31st Mar 2020 2:45 pm 

    “There Are Multiple Strains Of davyvirus; Here’s What We Know”
    https://tinyurl.com/imadumbass for zero hedge

    “Frequent spamming of the davyvirus has allowed researchers to draw several conclusions; for example, social distancing and shelter-in-place orders appear to have no effect on his dumbass, and that the davyvirus appears to be growing more lethal and toxic as he devolves. “The davyvirus mutates so stupidly that the virus strains are fundamentally very similar to each other,” said infectious disease specialist JuanP of the University of Miami Beach, School of Neutering. “His outbreaks are trackable. We have the ability to do dumbass sequencing almost in real-time to see what strains of socking and asiaphobia he is circulating,” he added…hypocrisy, bullying exceptionalism, the virus that causes the davyvirus illness, began circulating on PO.com around 5-10 years ago. Lastly, and perhaps the best news of the report – it’s not expected to spontaneously evolve into a more deadly and exceptional form of stupid, as he’s under no pressure to improve his appalling behavior due to davys hyper-virulent nature.”

  30. everybody loves world grater supremacist muzzies on Tue, 31st Mar 2020 2:51 pm 

    Atlanta, Missouri[Refreshingly cool.]16 °C
    above not supertard obv

  31. FamousDrScanlon on Tue, 31st Mar 2020 3:05 pm 

    “No monkey ever reheated a frozen burrito” – What The Expanse tells us about the COVID-19 pandemic

    https://harvardtothebighouse.com/2020/03/23/no-monkey-ever-reheated-a-frozen-burrito-what-the-expanse-tells-us-about-the-covid-19-pandemic/

  32. FamousDrScanlon on Tue, 31st Mar 2020 3:08 pm 

    Kevin W. McCairn Ph.D.

    “I will use this channel to try, from a Scientist’s perspective (Neuroscience 20 yrs P.I. Level) to investigate the currently emerging pandemic. We will look at and discuss in real time data as it appears, all incoming data will be discussed and I will try to give an honest appraisal as possible.”

    https://youtu.be/5M9uiLHkTvk

  33. FamousDrScanlon on Tue, 31st Mar 2020 3:10 pm 

    Europe
    58% of COVID-19 deaths in the Netherlands are 80+ years old, but only 3% of ICU patients are in this age category. Effective triage or cultural differences in attitude to death?

    https://www.rivm.nl/sites/default/files/2020-03/COVID-19_WebSite_rapport_20200331_1145_2.pdf

  34. everybody loves world grater supremacist muzzies on Tue, 31st Mar 2020 3:29 pm 

    Wappapello, Missouri Partly sunny.] 18 °C
    above sueprtard sock obv.
    i appoit supertar sock famousedrscranlon supertard hist title is “the lover” (of muzzies)
    im just going after bodies of water

  35. everybody loves world grater supremacist muzzies on Tue, 31st Mar 2020 3:54 pm 

    Apex, Missouri,[Partly sunny.]59 °F
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    Saudi Textbooks Still Incite Hate

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  37. Alaska CBD on Thu, 27th Aug 2020 9:42 am 

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  38. Duncan Idaho on Thu, 27th Aug 2020 9:57 am 

    People Who Live in Red States Die Younger. Conservative Policies Are to Blame.
    https://truthout.org/articles/people-who-live-in-red-states-die-younger-conservative-policies-are-to-blame/

    No big deal– they are just fat and stupid.

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