http://corporate.exxonmobil.com/-/media/Global/Charts/Outlook-for-Energy/2021/083-LiquidsNeedforInvestment2.jpg?usecustomfunctions=1¢ercrop=1
Graph showing conventional crude hit "peak" in 2005 and has dropped massively since then, with other lower quality types of hydrocarbon increasingly substituted since then.
http://peakprosperity.com/why-economic-collapse-is-inevitable/ Martenson video showing correlation between total energy per capita and economic wealth. You probably want to at least understand the correlation and how IMMENSELY strong it is.
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