>>904058I admit, I was a bit quick to write off SHTF entirely. I was mostly semi-mocking MUH BUGOUTBAG, MUH GLOCK, MUH GOLD.
Peak oil seems like a problem indeed, because soon enough we'll need as much energy extracting and purifying it as we get out of it. I believe in the future, atleast for a time before we find substitutes, petroleum will be an expensive product mostly used for niche applications like air travel, certain plastics and perhaps top grade asphalt.
We're eventually gonna reach all kinds of peaks and unless we're prepared with long-term viable, resilient lifestyles we're gonna be in for a rough landing. So that part of my post still stands. Running the risk of derailing this into political shitflinging I'll say we're also reaching peak shitskin all over the west which is a collapse in and of itself. The racial tension/social division/polarization/identity politics/whatever aspect is accelerating daily and IMO it's naive to think it's gonna pan out peacefully, especially in parts of Europe.
