The average age of the gasoline in your car's fuel tank is about 70 million years. Yet we are using this precious resource as though it were unlimited. And worse, we have based our economic welfare on cheap, abundant fossil fuels. Perhaps worst is the lack of awareness of the unprecedented economic and social disruption this will cause if we don't prepare for the end of the age of Hydrocarbon Man. There are many reasons but the most compelling are political in nature.
Successful politicians think in short-term goals.
They cannot win elections with generational policies policies that consider our children's children's welfare. Nations need to boast large fuel reserves to maintain economic viability in a world market. Hydrocarbon Man the profligate fossil fuel user will soon be gone. Please email any suggestions or questions you have. Site hosted by RileyWorks Our job is to make you look good.