The party's over.

The Age of Exuberance is history.

Cheap, readily available energy, the sort of energy that the world has come to depend upon, is now a thing of the past, and the "phantom carrying capacity" that this energy has created must be dealt with in the cold light of day.

Every aspect of the world's economy will be impacted, and so too will geopolitics as nations compete for control of the world's remaining energy resources.

With less fossil fuel available year after year, the challenges ahead will be unlike anything ever before seen.
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