What is it about the nature of Man to sit and about and rub his hands and utter "we are doomed, doomed I tells ya!"?
Because the image of cities crumbling, entire states ablaze, earthquakes, riots, cats and dogs living together fires up the imagination. Let's face it: apocalyptic destruction is cool. If it weren't, Jerry Bruckheimer would live a cardboard box in an alley somewhere.
Right now the solution to today's energy petrol "crisis" is being worked out in somebody's garage or basement or a dorm room at Purdue.
Damn dude! That's nasty....if we could bottle that we'd be rich!