the end of oil! but what about all that oil! floating in an armada of crude tankers, 
one of which already spilled it's load. i heard about peak oil decades ago, but oil was king of the world—still is, though dead—propped up by crude dictators stealing public funds for bail outs. yet the end of oil is nearly here. earth will be suffering the legacy of big oil for lifetimes to come, but the end is the beginning of renewal. but what about all the plastic people.
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The pandemic has made painfully clear that there are two ways the age of oil might end. There’s the status quo path, in which we are so overcome by the disasters brought about by our oil reliance—calamities in the forms of war, political upheaval, and the climate catastrophes of worsening drought, floods, hurricanes, fires, and disease—that we are unable to consume oil. And there is a more intentional, thoughtful path, one that embraces justice, equity, and sustainability. If we take that route, the “end of oil” will be a commitment to live in peace with one another and the planet. 
                                                                                                                   -Antonia Juhasz