Interesting for sure.

I do place quite some deal of stock in many of the learnings of various ancient cultures. Their Temple of Sun and Moon for instance was an ingenious creation which made so many accurate predictions regarding astronomy, the circumference of Earth, etc.

There were some similar structures found in island regions off the coast of . . . France? I believe . . . certainly-spaced standing stones which laid out the size of Earth and charted astrological phenomena.

I don't doubt that some ancient cultures had some formulas very correct.

Perhaps this one (in the OP) makes reference to the end our reliance on fossil fuels to sustain ourselves? It would be the most likely thing I can see happening in the near future. Solar power, biodiesel and other "garbage" fuels being researched and slowly integrated into common use, etc.

I think something like that would not only be a major change environmentally and health-wise, but it would also create massive changes in the geopolitical and world economic arena.

Combining our learnings of such things with the increasing digust of the American people with our currnent governmental regime, I can easily see the plausibility of somebody with the mindset of a Gore or Nader on such issues being elected and pushing through regulations which could concievably end the era of petroleum reliance.

Just a thought.

Of course I suppose the possibilty of worldwide nuclear holocaust that people have been ranting about for years is a possiblity too.

Any third-world nation could become a major power and fuel prouducer with very limited and basic technology and capital outlay.