Many people besides JWs believe the end of the world as we know it is very near (few more years at the most). This includes people of faith (JWs, Baptists, etc.) and people of no particular faith who look at what is developing on the world scene.
The following link is a window into the havoc that is going to be wrought due to the worsening energy situation.. Take time to go to this site and consider the information provided.
http://www.lifeaftertheoilcrash.net/Consider some excerpts from this site:
"Are all forms of modern technology actually petroleum products?"
Yes.
It's not just transportation and agriculture that are entirely dependent on abundant, cheap oil.
Modern medicine ,
water distribution, and
national defense are each entirely powered by oil and petroleum derived chemicals.
In addition to transportation, food, water, and modern medicine, mass quantities of oil are required for all plastics, all computers and all high-tech devices. Some specific examples may help illustrate the degree to which our technological base is dependent on fossil fuels
"What does all of this mean for me?"
What all of this means, in short, is that the aftermath of Peak Oil will extend far beyond how much you will pay for gas. To illustrate: in a July 2006 special report published by the Chicago Tribune, Pullitzer Prize winning journalist Paul Salopek described the consequences of Peak Oil as follows:
. . . the consequences would be unimaginable. Permanent fuel shortages would tip the world into a generations-long economic depression. Millions would lose their jobs as industry implodes. Farm tractors would be idled for lack of fuel, triggering massive famines. Energy wars would flare. And carless suburbanites would trudge to their nearest big box stores, not to buy Chinese made clothing transported cheaply across the globe, but to scavenge glass and copper wire from abandoned buildings.
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