It seems easy to imagine a world where oil is not being aggressively purchased in the way that it was until this year, and also easy to imagine one where US mil

It seems easy to imagine a world where oil is not being aggressively purchased in the way that it was until this year, and also easy to imagine one where US military spending is curtailed by a combination of flagging support for US empire as well as the harsh reality of american fiscal policy. Not that either of these are a guarantee, but current oil consumption is incompatible with human civilization in its current form, so...