I accidentally ordered a Swiss documentary video from Netflix called "A Crude Awakening" Yes it was about oil.

It was an eye opener and put everything into perspective.

When crude oil was found seeping out of the ground in Pennsylvania in the late 1800's, no one could have conceived how our society would change. It has spawned the chemical industry, the plastic industry, the pharmaceutical industry, the auto industry and the oil industry and finally the bloated healthcare industry that is suppose to fix our ills, but in reality is adding to the crisis in some ways.

In the United States, we are addicted to oil and consume 25% of the world oil while we account for only 2% of the world population. We have seen $100 for a barrel of oil. It's only the beginning when India and China with over a third of the world population wants to emulate the success of the American dream, and is now only beginning to modernize and build cars and roads to handle the transportation needs of their countries. There is not enough oil for all in the future and depletion will occur at some point in time.

Unless a cheap and reusable form of energy is found, our society as well as others will collapse. An expert shown in the documentary on oil predicted that we are an epizootic society. He was ridiculed for his position and has passed away, but his prediction is real. Epizootic is a statistical analysis that predicts the future based on supply and demand. When we run out of oil, the industries mentioned above will collapse.

The major problem is that the leadership in Washington, both Democrats and Republicans are not acknowledging the reality of the situation. Privately, I'm sure that both Bush and Cheney understand the realities of the situation, but don't want to publicly recognize the problem. It could cause panic and financial chaos for the United States. I'm convinced it is the motivation for being in the Mideast because the countries that supply the oil are inefficient in processing the crude and the intention is to fix that problem.

The chemical industry that relies on oil for their source of raw materials produces 1000's of new chemicals each year, most of which impact the environment in ways that we don't understand. Our air, our water and our food supply is contaminated with them. Our only personal defense is to shift to organically grown products that reduce our personal chemical burden.

Tom Braun

Retired but not yet senile!


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T. Braun, Pharmacist, Buyer, Marketing Executive for a Major Drug Chain. Active for over 45 years in Pharmacy.

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