However we are blessed with knowledge, knowing that we will eventually run out of oil will help us to learn to use new sources of fuel and end our dependence on oil. While that may seem unlikely we have started using solar panels and other forms of power. While these power sources depend on oil, in solar panel production and delivery, and to turn the turbines in electrical power. We can still research new ways of obtaining power, we, unlike many other societies, can see our demise coming. Sadly, people will deny collapse until it's already happened and by then it's too late.
While it is also likely that something other than oil will destroy our society, peak oil has placed a death sentence on our way of life. Unless we figure out ways to release our dependence on oil our society will collapse either close to the time we run out of oil, or randomly any time between then and now. While peak oil predicts that we'll still have oil for at least another 30 years, now would be the time to start researching other power sources, sadly our government is more concerned with other things, which logically speaking it should tackle the more immediate issues, however our dependence on oil won't be something that can be quickly solved we should gradually within the next 30-40 years, ween ourselves off of oil, this way our society won't collapse, it will merely change its foundation, and once a structure has re-enforced its foundation it becomes much stronger.
While I don't think Americans should start stock piling food, we should be aware of what the absence of oil will do to our society and spend more time doing now, than wishing later. The best way to keep from collapsing is to acknowledge your foundations and recognize their limitations, we're dependent on oil, therefore we should knowhow much is left and how much we really depend on it. Aside from that spontaneous collapse is unavoidable, we can't predict whether some aliens will kill us all or anything like that. We can only prolong our society from its immediate collapse, without a collapse there can be no improvement, "You must make the mistake before you can learn from it"
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