America is Over

This is a column that appeared in the Austin Chronicle on April 29th. It lays out exactly what can/will happen to the United States as a result of our dependence on fossil fuels and the lack of effort we've made as a nation to switch to other sources of energy over the last few decades. The 1970s oil shortages were like a warning bell that the US failed to heed. It is increasingly likely that within our lifetimes, the US will be in a far different position than it has been in the last eighty years or so. We will either relinquish our 'superpower' status with grace, or we will fight to protect it, and things will get very messy. Read the column.