The Party's over

In the Text, The Party's Over by Richard Heinberg, he talks about how Human Beings are Omnivores. An omnivore is a "consumer of both Plants and animals" (Heingberg 14). This basically implies that we get a lot from our surroundings. Recently, one major resource that has made our consumption of plants and animals easier is oil. The machines that help us capture, feed, and kill the animals we like to eat are composed of oil. Our consumption depends on oil. Oil is finite, and it has decreased. What this means is that not only is our nation limited on oil, it is also limited on food production. This will affect the "comfortable life" humans have adapted to. This comfortable life is made up of excessive amounts and use of a resource. The less oil there is, the fewer tractors and other forms of farming technology will become available. Food production will decrease, and the nation will face panic. This leads us to two conclusions manual labor or unproductiveness from people. Americans do not understand that oil is decreasing in amount, and no longer will be able to provide the comfortable life style that many demand.