Look at one of the possibilities of the future...I don't know how much you know about the palo world of the past....but life is the short, we rent our time here and with this, well..I try and do something about it.....So its true!....The planet rules....now are we getting to grips?.....

Kat

Yes Brian the Insurance companies are in fact the true and ultimate
legislators in our world.
Most people think that the governments legislated to stop smoking in
offices, but it was the insurance companies that did that, using their
threat of removing workers compensation cover.

Likewise if Iran uttered their threat to close the Strait of Hormuz
all the US Navy could do would be to sit and twiddle their thumbs
because the insurance companies would close the Strait.

Ant, just because it is called West does not make it so.
It only has a North Coast.

Bazz, you stated that "...That is why I am saying you are worrying about the wrong problem."
Bazz it sounds like you are concentrating on peak oil, it is difficult to keep abreast of everything that is occurring, and so, I concentrate on climate change.
Already, epidemiological studies have associated some nasties that have happened through climate change; people dying from heat stroke and dengue fever is increasing.
Bushfires and flooding have been global matters creating huge costs. It is projected that costs will increase in the future.
cohenite has stated that climate change is happening, but not caused by man; where are his suggestions in relation to dealing with low lying regions which will be impacted by storm surges and ultimately by rising sea levels.

Well Anyway each to his own, but I will bet my worry will overpower
yours sometime between the end of this year and 2020 at the latest.
All the cheap stuff has gone and the majors are now reducing their
expenditure as exploration and development has become unsustainable.
The paramter to watch will be US interest rates, the sooner and
higher they rise the sooner the crunch will come as the Fracking
drillers will have their funds pulled.
The first link below is very applicable to us with our large
government and private debt.
That is why it is so important to get the debt down fast
When it hits the fan, people will be hoping for warm winters as it
will be too expensive to heat.

To get an idea what is happening have a read of this;
http://tinyurl.com/nwcgoov
and
http://www.resilience.org/stories/2014-05-23/toward-a-supply-constrained-world

There is a lot of information on the problem there and also some on global warming.

Latest news from the ClimateNewsNetwork

Greenland Ice may melt even faster

http://climatenewsnetwork.us6.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=6e13c74c17ec527c4be72d64f&id=3b0fc3a927&e=b500daf449

Interesting reading