Where we are going:

Well, the guy who first called our attention to global warming recently said that if we don't do something drastic, the environment will be irreparably harmed, and we will be back to the weather patterns of 1/2 a million years ago. That is to say, warmer and far less predictable according to present models.

The path to a better world involves fewer people each using less energy, and making more effective use of alternative energy sources that do not cause more pollution or add further to warming.

Sad to say (as a US citizen) that my counrty is the biggest offender in this regard, using something like 40% of the world's energy, and declining to sign on with the Kyoto accord, and all that. And we have so effectively marketted our consumerist (energy-wasteful) life-style to the developing countries that they are rapidly becoming a more significant part of the problem. And "leading" us out of this condition is, well, the less said the better.

Nevermind that oil will run out in the very near future. The climate could likely do us in quicker and worser than that eventuality.