The oil based economy's not the reason that isn't happening right, now, Carol. I just don't think the underlying reasons are going to change just because we reduce our standard of living while shifting to different energy sources.

Isn't the reason what isn't happening right now? The end of terrorism? I think it's a very big part of the reason. The biggest part of it. But you're right. Our predatory capitalism isn't confined only to the petroleum part ot the economy. I would suggest that predatory capitalism, in whatever form it comes, does not help the bottom 90 percent of people. Only the top 10 percent of people benefit from this practice. The rest pay the hidden costs, and do the most suffering because of the repercussions of this way of doing things.