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The End of The Era of Oil

Some of my 19 trends for 2019 aren't profound, in that people are already aware of them. What is important is acknowledging the speed and reality of the trend, and in 2019, the acceleration is real. So here's the thing: despite the current moment of political idiocy around us involving 19th coal, there is one undeniable fact going into the future : oil...

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Publish Date2019-01-20
Updated Date2026-09-18
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Originally published as 19 Trends for 2019: #14 The End of The Era of Oil on January 20, 2019.

This record preserves item #14 in Jim Carroll’s 19 Trends For 2019 series as a structured historical trend in the futurist.info knowledge graph.

Some of my 19 trends for 2019 aren’t profound, in that people are already aware of them. What is important is acknowledging the speed and reality of the trend, and in 2019, the acceleration is real. So here’s the thing: despite the current moment of political idiocy around us involving 19th coal, there is one undeniable fact going into the future : oil…

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ARTICLE · Sat Jan 1919 Trends for 2019: #14 The End of The Era of Oil