Collapse Assignment 2

"Civilization as we know it is coming to an end soon." As this now seems to be the popular thing to say, it is not at all false or a joke, the United States is on its way toward collapse. Whether the collapse is slow and seemingly unnoticeable or a crash and burn effect, which I highly doubt people will just die in the streets, but a collapse is on its way. Our country as a certain energy level it must maintain in order to function properly and not spiral into a meltdown. To maintain constant energy the US must gain the same amount of energy lost. The source of all energy that keeps us from falling apart is fossil fuels and oil.

Entropy-the tendency for everything to chill.

Our society is so dependent on oil that we extract and use an enormous amount of it to make most things in the US, for example plastics and used as heat to melt metals. The US does not think about the consequences of abusing the existence of oil. All we care about is that it is there for the time being and we will use as much as we want.

Oil Peak Theory: Our society is based upon a constant growth and oil, the constant growth of oil. We have already found the most oil in many years, so the amount of oil being produced has already peaked and is now declining. Meaning there is less oil being produced and the cost of oil is rising. This can become dangerous because oil production will be volatile during the decline and there may not be a constant source of energy needed to keep a society going.

Entire financial system based on a growing economy, constant growth
Entire society based on oil, everything is made from oil

Easter Island
Jared Diamond

Life After the Oil Crash
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