This blog article actually offers one very good explanation for the situation we are in both economically and environmentally. Somewhere between 2005 and 2020 we will/have reached Peak Oil. And life will be very different on the other side. We are all far to dependent on the System and our liberties and personal freedom is at risk as a result. Self-education is the way out of this dead-end street.

Peak Oil: Life After the Oil Crash