I just finished watching a movie called "Collapse", and it was eye openning. It was as eye opening to me as Zeitgeist. Zeitgeist showed what is going to happen. Collapse showed how.
Think about this: almost all products in the world are made from oil. Yes, oil. Plastics are made from oil. Rubbers are made from oil. Paints, acrylics, toothpastes, keyboards, cellphones, and many other things are made from oil. There is about 7 gallons of oil in every car tire. So answer me this: how are we going to create new alternate energy systems when everything that it takes to make the energy is made of a resource that is quickly running out.