I don't think many people realise just how close we are to total meltdown.
the governments of the US and the UK daren't admit that we've reached peak oil - and the stuff that's still in the ground will cost an absolute fortune to refine. the OPEC countries will keep the last of the good stuff for themselves. a close friend of mine works in the oil surveying industry and gets a lot of inside info... but this isn't isn't a particularly well kept secret.
the fact that this has been coming for a very long time makes governmental incompetence even more annoying! if funding was ploughed into alternatives to fossil fuels, we'd have a viable alternative to use by now. but it's a catch 22 - our government relies on the motorist to prop up the benefit system.
this is a bit deep for an RC forum but it vexes me
