Which is exactly why finding the Ring to Rule Them All (Zero-point energy, or its cousin cold fusion) would be the worst thing for us. IMHO it is far better to confront our terribly destructive ways (and find a path that leads us back to ethics of Samwise) now than postpone the day of reckoning, because if we are able to do that it will only be that much worse. And who is MKH?
Ignore me: M. K. Hubbert.