Effect of Peak Oil on Europe and muslim population/immigration

Submitted by Romesh Chander (United States), Apr 14, 2008 at 18:01

Muslims move to Europe because of jobs. And Jobs exist there because of technology. But technology requires energy. No energy, no technology.

The concept of Peak Oil is very simple. Due to geological reasons, oil supply cannot meet demand. And soon oil gets depleted. Allah is not brewing any more oil (or at least He has not told ExxonMobil & even Saudis about it). Peak Oil will stop Europe from becoming Eurabia.

When would Peak Oil phenomena hit? According to some geologists, we are already in Peak Oil. According to others, in may be 2-4 years away. Once the Depletion starts, there is very little one can do to increase supply. Rather, the supply must go down.

So, when Peak Oil hits, jobs will start disappearing; people won't move to Europe. And those already living there will try to move to places where survival is possible without consuming much energy, even if it means cooking food using cow patties. As muslims came from low-energy usage areas, and are accustomed to that kind of life (and have relatives there), they will move to their ancestral lands. And no new immigrants will come to Europe.

The original eurpoeans will have no places to go and will find it very difficult to revert to life of low-energy usage. Europe has very little energy resources (especially natural gas and oil; you cannot run the entire economy on electricity produced from nuke plants).

Is this phenomena peculiar to Europe? No. Oil peak is global -- oil moves in tankers and goes anywhere where tankers and pipelines go. US & Canada & Australia are in similar problems, but then their problems are slightly different.

Why is nobody discussing this subject of Peak Oil?. Yes, it is not discussed in economic, political circles or the main street. It is discussed in geological, energy and environmental circles in Europe, Australia and US (though the interest in US is not high).

In my opinion, Peak Oil will stop Europe from becoming Eurabia. But there will not be left anything of worthj in Europe anyhow.

When will reversal take place?. I will say, in about 10-15 years, it will start reversal of immigration -- first no immigrants moving to europe and then others leaving europe.

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