Possible cause for our Collapse

From our 4-day unit i believe that from what ive been told and introduced to, the main cause for our collapse within the U.S economy will be due to a shortage of oil. No matter how much we try to limit ourselves as individuals to help create a unity as a whole group to fight against oil usage, we will still fail to succeed. Those who drive electic cars or hybrids believing they are all for the economy and doing us all a favor, are unaware to the face that the roads they drive on is made from ashphalt or other materials that is mixed into and made with oil.

Also i learned that Saudi-Arabia is in control of most of the world's Oil supply. Whether there economy collapses alone, due to a revolution or civil war, we all go down with them. They also have different beliefs that we see as unethical and would mix ourselves with that type of crowd, except because of they're high status due to oil we need them at times. Also from what ive learned through our filmclips in class, we, as americans, havent yet tried to find another alternative to oil for a replacement to help save future generations.

I remember when i went to the Bahamas i was able to see first hand the kind of lifestyle that the americans and bahamians who lived in Cape Eluethra had kept for so many years. They ran they're camp with solar-energy and used fish poop as nutrients to plant crops and such, they also used corn oil as energy for they're cars. I saw it then in 8th grade and wondered to myself why dont everyone try this.