If Peak Oil theory is now mainstream, splashed across the front page of USA Today and the theme of Chevron and BP ad campaigns, then Petrocollapse is a secular, left-wing, non-fiction version of Tim LaHaye’s Christian Apocalyptic “Left Behind” series. The gospel according to Petrocollapse is that Peak Oil is coming, and it’s coming soon. The transition to the post-carbon world will not be gradual, it will be sudden and massive. And when it comes, the sinners–those profligate American consumers and the corporate whores who oversee them–will all be swept away in violent social turmoil, starvation and environmental disaster. But there’s good news too.
After the tumultuous mass die-off, a new society will arise from the burned out SUV hulks and melted plastic detritus. In this post-carbon world, humans will have no choice but to live sustainably, in cooperation with each other and in harmony with nature. Those who get religion and accept Peak Oil into their hearts soon enough–they may be among the lucky survivors whose children grow to live in this new and better world.
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My Inaugural Address at the Great White Throne Judgment of the Dead, after I have raptured out billions!
At: http://www.angelfire.com/crazy/spaceman
Your jaw will drop!