User blog comment:Glflegolas/Human Extinction -- are we approaching the Doomsday?/@comment-216.232.195.113-20150311002325

We will probably run out of oil by 2050 or so. As oil has become so important to our daily lives, it is likely that the human race will begin dying off until an alternate lifestyle is created. Unfortuneatly, the most likely outcomes would either be returning to serfdom, total anarchy, or dying off altogether. It is impossible to prevent this from happening because the oil-driven capitalist system we have created can and will prevent the creation of alternate energy sources which would encroach on the profits of the oil companies.