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There's No Tomorrow (limits to growth & the future)

There's No Tomorrow (limits to growth & the future) on HackerTube: recommended by 1 Hacker News commenter across 1 month, 2015–2026.

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An animated short on limits to growth, covering oil formation, peak oil, energy, economic growth and resource depletion. Its central section deals with exponential growth, and the author notes some statistics are dated.

Why Hacker News recommends it

HN links it in threads about energy shocks and resource dependence as a quick, accessible overview of peak-oil arguments.

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“see this video on the perils of peak-oil.”
— tho2i34u2347697, Mar 2026, in “Silicon Valley's "Pronatalists" Killed WFH. The Strait of Hormuz Brought It Back”

What HN commenters said

4 Hacker News comments link this video. Each one links back to its thread.

tho2i34u2347697Mar 2026Recommends

This is way more serious than Covid - there it was a demand-shock. This is a supply shock - one with no alternatives. For people who aren't aware of just how much we depend on petrochemicals, see this video on the perils of peak-oil. ▶ this video Peak-oil may have proved "false" (not quite - only that Hubbert didn't expect a bimodal distribution), but this is a good time to come out of our illusions, not only about the "unlimited"-ness of oil, but also about creating societies that are so toxically dependent on oil.

in “Silicon Valley's "Pronatalists" Killed WFH. The Strait of Hormuz Brought It Back” · View on HN

throwsetg5678Mar 2026Cites it

All the green/peak-oil stuff is coming to a head with the Iran war. (See for eg. ▶ this video ) All thanks to our Epstein-class-alien-AI-zionist-lizard overlords.

in “Ireland shuts last coal plant, becomes 15th coal-free country in Europe” · View on HN

thiuho798928uOct 2024Cites it

You realize, once Petroleum runs out this century, humanity is completely screwed right ? Forget transportation/energy, our economy is chemically hooked on to it like a coke-addict. ▶ this video If the transition doesn't happen, we're looking at it dropping to 1-5% of its size now. I hope we do this before we take out the rest of the earth with our cancerous global-scale genocide of everything - animals, plants, cultures, 'different' humans, languages and cultures.

in “In the US, regenerative farming practices require unlearning past advice” · View on HN

enuptenApr 2015Cites it

Not using it to prepare for the post-oil world is way way worse. I don't think current social - no it's not just political - structures allow for hitting the brake pedal before it is too late. ▶ this video

in “World Lithium Supply (2010)” · View on HN

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Earth & energy (other)Macroeconomics & financial crisesFuturism & technology and societypeak oilresource depletionexponential growthenergyanimation