G'day TJamesX,
Then someone discovered OIL !! That changed a lot of things. Today, things keep changing, and will continue to change as more and more new "ways" are discovered.
Meantime, so long as each of us is working to minimise our footprint on the planet, we will eke things out until the next big discovery. Who's to say we won't be running around in uranium cars next, where 1Kg will produce 1,000,000KMs of motoring for $1000 ???
I'm with you - there WILL be more discoveries made (necessity is the mother of invention) and life WILL go on,
Regards,
This happened in the late 19th century (1880? or thereabouts) when whale oil was reducing because the whale population was dwindling. This must've been "peak whale" before the term was known.and someone will create the technology to harness this in the long term...
Then someone discovered OIL !! That changed a lot of things. Today, things keep changing, and will continue to change as more and more new "ways" are discovered.
Meantime, so long as each of us is working to minimise our footprint on the planet, we will eke things out until the next big discovery. Who's to say we won't be running around in uranium cars next, where 1Kg will produce 1,000,000KMs of motoring for $1000 ???
I'm with you - there WILL be more discoveries made (necessity is the mother of invention) and life WILL go on,
Regards,