{"id":2526,"date":"2011-02-13T08:46:37","date_gmt":"2011-02-13T15:46:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.realfuture.org\/wordpress\/?p=2526"},"modified":"2011-02-20T10:23:28","modified_gmt":"2011-02-20T17:23:28","slug":"the-idiots-guide-to-the-future-of-stuff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.realfuture.org\/wordpress\/the-idiots-guide-to-the-future-of-stuff\/","title":{"rendered":"The Idiots Guide to the Future of Stuff"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.realfuture.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/oil_price_world1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2562 alignnone\" title=\"oil_price_world\" src=\"http:\/\/www.realfuture.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/oil_price_world1-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.realfuture.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/oil_price_world1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.realfuture.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/oil_price_world1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.realfuture.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/oil_price_world1.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>The Earth is suspended in a bottom-less Ocean of Oil.\u00c2\u00a0 That&#8217;s a good thing, since as a result oil will never run out.\u00c2\u00a0 People who tell you things like &#8220;oil reserves are the result of millions of years of organic matter sequestration&#8221; are liars and braggarts, and you should stop hanging out with them.<br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>[1] Oil dominates global energy demand<\/strong> &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.realfuture.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/EnergyDemand.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2522   alignnone\" title=\"EnergyDemand\" src=\"http:\/\/www.realfuture.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/EnergyDemand-300x273.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"273\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.realfuture.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/EnergyDemand-300x273.png 300w, https:\/\/www.realfuture.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/EnergyDemand.png 507w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>[2] &#8230; most of which is used in the manufacturing sector &#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.realfuture.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/GlobalEnergyConsumptionSectors.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2523 alignnone\" title=\"GlobalEnergyConsumptionSectors\" src=\"http:\/\/www.realfuture.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/GlobalEnergyConsumptionSectors-300x232.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"232\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.realfuture.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/GlobalEnergyConsumptionSectors-300x232.png 300w, https:\/\/www.realfuture.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/GlobalEnergyConsumptionSectors.png 508w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>[3] &#8230; to make this kind of stuff:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.realfuture.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/ManufacturingSector.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2524   alignnone\" title=\"ManufacturingSector\" src=\"http:\/\/www.realfuture.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/ManufacturingSector-300x266.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"266\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.realfuture.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/ManufacturingSector-300x266.png 300w, https:\/\/www.realfuture.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/ManufacturingSector.png 495w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Earth is suspended in a bottom-less Ocean of Oil.\u00c2\u00a0 That&#8217;s a good thing, since as a result oil will never run out.\u00c2\u00a0 People who tell you things like &#8220;oil reserves are the result of millions of years of organic matter sequestration&#8221; are liars and braggarts, and you should stop hanging out with them. 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