Harry Dent in his last few books prophesized that the period between 2015 and 2018 will be a time of increased world war risk (because war becomes the newest instrument of economic policy); if we can survive this without getting into a world war, from 2020 to 2030, it will be a repeat of the 1980's as we begin the transition away from petroleum.
You’ve got yourself quite a flight of fancy there, Ray. There is no way we escape war here. The only question is when it will happen.