Would America fall with no oil?

Question

Assume Alaska wasn't used or saved for the military.

Answer 1

Yes, we would also fall without silicon to make computer chips.

Though America collapsing due to a lack of oil is unlikely.

As the cost of oil steadily goes up, other sources of energy will become profitable and more or less replace oil.

Answer 2

If there were no oil tomorrow, every industrialized economy would grind to a halt, and keeping order would be a severe challenge. We would find ourselves out of food, out of clean water, and subject to general violence or onerous government restrictions to prevent general violence.

If we had to make a transition (and accepted that we had to make the transition) to a world without oil in, say, a decade, I think we'd have a good shot.

We're not tropical, so we'd have some difficulty if we relied purely on biofuels. (A unit of corn-based ethanol stores about the same amount of energy as the petroleum that was used to produce it, in contrast with the Brasilian sugarcane ethanol, which is a net saver.)

Fortunately, there are a lot of scientists looking beyond corn and switchgrass for a solution. Just keep Shell and BP (and Bush and Cheney) out of it.

Answer 3

Most civilized countries would fall without oil.

Answer 4

Yes!!! we are totally dependent on oil in out daily lives!!!

Answer 5

of course

Answer 6

you bet ye.