[onlooker]

In our nutshell our "progress" contained the seeds of our downfall. If we had been wise and prudent, we could have avoided the pitfalls of our successes but we weren't.

[Newfie]

I like that Onlooker.

[KaiserJeep]

What if the Oil Crash has already happened? What if there never is anything that you will perceive as an end, an event, or a worldwide disaster?

I believe that is the truth of it. There never will be a crash, so to speak. The world will power down in a gradual fashion, driven and paced by increasing poverty. Cheap energy is ending. The time of plenty is ending. There are too many people and not enough stuff to go around.

The First World citizens of the Middle Class will feel these changes the most. They are going extinct, their lifestyles will gradually disappear, and their descendants will sink into the poverty of the Third World.

All the things we have talked about for years are happening. The world that we all know is ending, just without any especial drama.