oil gone in 19 years, what do we do

jamesdyson
As for my personal thoughts on it.. I believe that generally speaking, we humans are pretty selfish, wasteful, and greedy... and we have a talent of being able to mess up anything! As for lack of oil, it may or may not happen during our time here, but if it does, we are to do the best we can as we are able, and to trust God. We are not to allow ourselves to live in fear or anxiety of anything.
-just my thoughts...
-God bless.
 
jamesdyson
As for my personal thoughts on it.. I believe that generally speaking, we humans are pretty selfish, wasteful, and greedy... and we have a talent of being able to mess up anything! As for lack of oil, it may or may not happen during our time here, but if it does, we are to do the best we can as we are able, and to trust God. We are not to allow ourselves to live in fear or anxiety of anything.
-just my thoughts...
-God bless.

Hello AtomicSnowflake;

Thank you for your post to this topic. This is a ministering example of Solomon's teaching. Knowledge is facts but Wisdom is the Word (Salt) being applied (Sprinkled) to the facts and life.

God bless you.
 
I did this permaculture course last year...they were all going on about it the oild crisis as if it was the end of the world and had various apocalyptic scenarios. It was like 'panic stations' and urging everyone to power down and possibly move away go homesteading and live like the Amish. Its ok if you are a hipster generation and got the resources to do so. But thats not living by faith. Thats trying to be self sufficient.

But a christian who knows the creator of the universe - God, can just trust that whatever He put on this earth for His glory will be used for His purposes. We dont need to worry and fret. We can be good stewards of whatever He has given us. We dont need to be self-sufficient. We need to be God-sufficient. His grace is enough.
 
I did this permaculture course last year...they were all going on about it the oild crisis as if it was the end of the world and had various apocalyptic scenarios. It was like 'panic stations' and urging everyone to power down and possibly move away go homesteading and live like the Amish. Its ok if you are a hipster generation and got the resources to do so. But thats not living by faith. Thats trying to be self sufficient.

But a christian who knows the creator of the universe - God, can just trust that whatever He put on this earth for His glory will be used for His purposes. We dont need to worry and fret. We can be good stewards of whatever He has given us. We dont need to be self-sufficient. We need to be God-sufficient. His grace is enough.

Sorry, the following does not belong here. If asked, I will delete it--

In my personal view, God does not control us. God gave us the gift of choice and then it is up to us to make the right choices but He has given us guidance and suggestions and then again it is up to us to make the right choices.

Here are a few examples:
(Mal 3:5 KJV) And I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against false swearers, and against those that oppress the hireling in his wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and that turn aside the stranger from his right, and fear not me, saith the LORD of hosts.

(Jer 14:8 KJV) O the hope of Israel, the saviour thereof in time of trouble, why shouldest thou be as a stranger in the land, and as a wayfaring man that turneth aside to tarry for a night?

(Ezek 14:7 KJV) For every one of the house of Israel, or of the stranger that sojourneth in Israel, which separateth himself from me, and setteth up his idols in his heart, and putteth the stumblingblock of his iniquity before his face, and cometh to a prophet to inquire of him concerning me; I the LORD will answer him by myself:

(Deu 1:16 KJV) And I charged your judges at that time, saying, Hear the causes between your brethren, and judge righteously between every man and his brother, and the stranger that is with him.

(Deu 10:19 KJV) Love ye therefore the stranger: for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.

(Deu 24:19 KJV) When thou cuttest down thine harvest in thy field, and hast forgot a sheaf in the field, thou shalt not go again to fetch it: it shall be for the stranger, for the fatherless, and for the widow: that the LORD thy God may bless thee in all the work of thine hands.

(Deu 24:20 KJV) When thou beatest thine olive tree, thou shalt not go over the boughs again: it shall be for the stranger, for the fatherless, and for the widow.

(Deu 24:21 KJV) When thou gatherest the grapes of thy vineyard, thou shalt not glean it afterward: it shall be for the stranger, for the fatherless, and for the widow

(Jer 7:6 KJV) If ye oppress not the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, and shed not innocent blood in this place, neither walk after other gods to your hurt:

(Jer 22:3 KJV) Thus saith the LORD; Execute ye judgment and righteousness, and deliver the spoiled out of the hand of the oppressor: and do no wrong, do no violence to the stranger, the fatherless, nor the widow, neither shed innocent blood in this place.

(Ezek 22:7 KJV) In thee have they set light by father and mother: in the midst of thee have they dealt by oppression with the stranger: in thee have they vexed the fatherless and the widow.

(Zec 7:10 KJV) And oppress not the widow, nor the fatherless, the stranger, nor the poor; and let none of you imagine evil against his brother in your heart.

(Exo 22:21 KJV) Thou shalt neither vex a stranger, nor oppress him: for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.

(Exo 23:9 KJV) Also thou shalt not oppress a stranger: for ye know the heart of a stranger, seeing ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.

(Lev 19:34 KJV) But the stranger that dwelleth with you shall be unto you as one born among you, and thou shalt love him as thyself; for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt: I am the LORD your God.

(Lev 25:35 KJV) And if thy brother be waxen poor, and fallen in decay with thee; then thou shalt relieve him: yea, though he be a stranger, or a sojourner; that he may live with thee.

This is the one I like the most----

(Deu 10:19 KJV) Love ye therefore the stranger: for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.
 
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This on the other hand does-----

China intends to spend more than $360 billion through 2020 on renewable power sources like solar and wind, the government’s energy agency said on Thursday.

The country’s National Energy Administration laid out a plan to dominate one of the world’s fastest-growing industries, just at a time when the United States is set to take the opposite tack as Donald J. Trump, a climate-change doubter, prepares to assume the presidency.

The agency said in a statement that China would create more than 13 million jobs in the renewable energy sector by 2020, curb the growth of greenhouse gasses that contribute to global warming and reduce the amount of soot that in recent days has blanketed Beijing and other Chinese cities in a noxious cloud of smog.

China surpassed the United States a decade ago as the world’s biggest emitter of greenhouse gasses, and now discharges about twice as much. For years, its oil and coal industries prospered under powerful political patrons and the growth-above-anything mantra of the ruling Communist Party.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/05/world/asia/china-renewable-energy-investment.html

2017 China Electric Car Sales Blow World Out Of The Water — BAIC EC-Series Is A Superstar

The rise and rise of the Chinese plug-in electric vehicle (PEV) market is unstoppable, with yet another record performance in December. A total of 102,000 new passenger PEVs were registered last month, up 130% year over year. Yes, that was just December, and it pulled the year-to-date count to over 600,000 units, up 71% compared to 2016.

As consequence of this rapid growth, in December, the PEV share hit a record 3.3% market share of the entire Chinese auto market, while the entire 2017 PEV market share ended at 2.1%. That’s firmly ahead of last year’s score (1.5%) and above the USA (1.2%) and Europe (~1.9%).

The Chinese PEV market represented roughly half of the 1.2 million plug-ins sold worldwide in 2017, while Chinese carmakers made 47% of all PEVs sold last year.
https://tinyurl.com/ybe5rcb7


Our future at being the world’s great leader is coming to an end. Soon we, i.e. the us will fall into the category of a third world economy if we do not wake up soooon!
 
Um ok, what your posts doesnt belong here, when you talk about being a great leader what do you mean. The only great leader is Lord of Lord and King of Kings Jesus Christ.

He is King of Kings over all the earth. I dont know your countries policies. But it is up to YOU personally to make the right choices even if your king (or president) makes a wrong one.
 
Remember Daniel? He lived under a heathen King. Yet he still made choices honoring God and that had a big influence on those and the leaders around him.
What about Joseph. He got to be number 2ic to the Pharoah because he followed God.

When things got real bad, God appointed Moses to get his people out of Egypt.
Now who do we look for as our hope and salvation - Jesus. We have a NEW covenant and a better promise. In revelation, guess what happens to Babylon? Its destroyed in one day. All the merchants and people who benefited by the trade and riches will mourn.
 
Two technological issues have arisen since 2010
Shale oil and gas which has added maybe 30+ years to the idea of peak oil
Better extraction techniques. Oil fields that you could only extract 50% of the oil from are now expected to
get 70%+
More oil reserves when oil is at a higher price are now viable like Canada tar sands.

The issue is now not so much oil and gas but green house gases and the switch to clean energy sources
which will reduce the reliance on oil. This should mean oil last longer as we use less of it.
So in 2010 the idea of peak oil in 2016 looked real, with a crisis by 2020.
Things now look very different. The usa is now a global exporter of oil and gas, and Saudie dominance in
now being changed.
 
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