A number of readers responded to L.W. Nicholson‘s essay.
Jacqueline — “Well written … and that was GOOD about if the entire ocean were oil instead of water.”
Dean — “Possibly ‘insanity’? A continuing thought that crosses my mind in response to the question posed. Aside from ignorance, as even those who are not ignorant choose to continue the insanity. … Liked the article.”
Gregson Vaux — ” I frequently see people claiming that humanity is on the brink of extinction but I never buy it. Don’t get me wrong, a lot of really bad things could happen to our civilization but humans are a ‘weedy’ species. The idea of humans dying off is like crabgrass or cockroaches going extinct, it is possible but rather unlikely.”
Jack Dingler—”If things get real bad, we may evolve into something else. When high quality energy becomes scarce again, evolutionary pressure will likely become intense. Since intercontinental travel on a large scale will disappear, isolation (an important principle in rapid evolution) will be the norm again.