Even the Saudis are aware of the situation. They have a saying that goes, "My father rode a camel. I drive a car. My son flies a jet airplane. His son will ride a camel."
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The comparisons are a bit far stretched. Bacteria to humans migth work if we were simlair in thought process. There are quite a handful of people working on alternative fuel sources. As for America we might not have an up to par Armed Forces if this crash happened but we would be able to comtinue making the same amount of food since farmers would be subsidized byth egov't to get alternative fuel vehicles.
Plus for the average american we just wouldn't be able to have cool cars for awhile, and instead drive those gay ass electric cars.
And people talking about hydrogen production are just a bunch of circuit-speakers. No shit we will run out of fossil fuels, that's the reason they are a fossil fuel and not reusable. Hydrogen fuel cells have come as far as taking out any oil usage to heat the water to electric only. problems will be solved when the hurdle is seen.
-Volcom