We're heading for the proverbial wall on energy. And when we hit it, our "green cars" aren't going to save us. There is no known technology which can take the place of petroleum products in our industrial culture.

And we aren't going to be able to restore order to the chaos in the oil producing countries, either. Because it's their oil revenues which are destabilizing them in the first place. These countries do not have sophisticated enough economies to absorb their revenues in any constructive manner, so the default position is that huge amounts of wealth disappear into the pockets of a totally corrupt elite which only inflames the outrage of their populations. And you know who gets blamed for all of this don't you? If you guessed the United States, you guessed right.