No scarcity now. And running out of fossil fuels means the end of the alleged "threat" from burning fossil fuels, doesn't it? The idea that we can be forced to abandon something that's still abundant is the flaw in thinking. It is all political, the Democratic Party is fixated with the idea of coercion by government is not only okay, it's a positive value. (Until people we will never know control our lives down to the last detail.) This summarized Orwell's warning perfectly.