Pretty much... you do realise that we can synthetically create petroleum right? Just at present it is a prohibitively costly process. Like I said the problem is that old junk gets thrown onto garbage heaps... if we recycled at near 100% efficiency (almost all waste is converted back into usable materials to then be repurposed into useful materials), then we could do so for an incredible amount of time. Like I said I am strongly in favour of finding alternatives to petroleum, not only is it a pollutant, but costly, a finite resource, there are many issues with digging and transport as well as geopolitical issues (the Arabs have lots of the stuff, leading to wars and backroom deals).Bubbles said:What?? So you are essentially saying we have unlimited resource capacity? And things like peak oil is false?
Hard to answer that question, the problem is science is a very powerful and poorly understood field, and as such laymen will naturally fear it (look at GM products, vaccines etc), as such an entire government based on it would NOT be trusted by its people.Power shift? No I don't think so, unless you think science applied to society is a bad thing.