If our oil reserves are really going to run out, global warming is hardly going to be the big problem in the future. food, electricity and mobility have all become affordable and accessible. These luxuries however may become next to impossible to access or afford. How could one family become independent today? How much time would this take? What would we have to abandon, what could we keep?
2007-08-04 04:35:05 · 3 answers · asked by Adam S 2 in Social Science ➔ Economics
Do you mean the electrical grid? If so I don´t think it´s an expression that our American cousins are au fait with. Perhaps you could explain.
2007-08-04 05:07:08 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Were you around in the 1970s? If so, you might remember the experts told us that the world's oil supply would RUN OUT in 15 years! We are not 15 years past the point of the world running out of oil! Think about that. Experts are almost always wrong, because NO ONE can predict the future.
If current oil/gas prices continue long-term, there will be plenty of financial incentive for the development of alternative energy sources and for technological advances that will continue to find and produce lots of oil.
And, remember, just 7 years ago oil was $10 a barrel and gas was $1 a gallon. The current limitations in gas and oil supplies may be a direct consequence of that period - a time when gas and oil suppliers had no profits to invest in their industries.
Best wishes.
2007-08-04 12:21:41 · answer #2 · answered by Doctor J 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
move to a different country. it could take as little as a week. less if it's Canada. moving to mexico would make it worse probably. one of the scandanavian countries is a good choice... new zealand also a good choice.
2007-08-04 20:01:28 · answer #3 · answered by gherd 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋