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The technology already exists. It is just inconvenient, too expensive, or not yet polished enough for the general public.
If gas became more expensive than using nuclear power to charge your electric car, would you switch over or just throw up your hands and stop driving? The idea that society will break down simply because oil becomes (more) expensive implies that people will do the later.
I will grant that the average person has the initiative of a paperweight, but if they have to choose between a new tech or walking I think they will make the more convenient decision.
Currently there are plenty of good technologies that are not oil dependent. But oil is such an integral part of our way of life that we have been resistant to exploring those other options. We have the toolkit to make repairs, but oil isn't yet broken, so there has been no need to fix it.
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