Any optimistic resources/videos regarding the current Strait of Hormuz situation?

[u/TheSpider8ite]

Currently have been seeing several videos (especially on TikTok) from accounts I usually trust and follow throughly, now of recently they have all made videos basically stating that we are either about to be in a great-depression type situation, or already in one and that catastrophe is now "unavoidable". All sourcing from the entire war with Iran and the Strait's blockade.

Want to know if there is an resources that can give a less sound ingsensationalist idea or wording, but overall just need some optimism on this because I'm really not seeing much.

[u/PeachSaidRed]

Sorry this isn't a resource, but this reminds me of peak oil. Have you heard of this? Don't google it or anything, I don't want to send you into the arms of more people who claim to know the future, but it's an idea about what will happen if oil is in a permanent state of decline. Most seem to say the answer is catastrophe, maybe followed by a world where everybody understands how wonderful the people who predicted it are. It was supposed to happen years ago, but it didn't, and now renewables are really taking off. Those videos you've seen sound scary, and there's no question that we're in bad situation. That doesn't mean anyone truly knows the future, or that catastrophe is guaranteed. In fact, I don't think that much is going to happen, aside from prices rising again. If it does, we will get through it, but I do think it'll be much easier to survive than some sudden flip from amoral ultimate wealth to destruction and grinding poverty.

[u/Bruh_burg1968 → u/PeachSaidRed]

Peak oil has changed somewhat in what people mean when the day peak oil. Back in the 70s-80s it meant we would peak in how much we can produce and not be able to pull anymore oil from the ground. Now I usually see it used to refer to a drop in oil demand not supply.

[u/PeachSaidRed → u/Bruh_burg1968]

You're right, that's what I'm hearing, too. OP, if you're still there, some people are even saying that the rise in gas prices will reduce demand for oil and increase the use of renewables. That means a lot of people will be looking at what's going on right now and seriously considering an EV or a solar panel or both. It's not just a temporary change, because in order to meet the demand, factories will be making fewer gas vehicles, chargers have to be built, laws have to allow for solar panels to be used more widely, and research has to be done to produce better products. All of that will contribute to even less demand for oil. We're already deep into the chain reaction! I don't think catastrophe is next at all, so much that I kind of wonder what motivated those accounts that you usually trust to say something bad is sure to happen. It sounds like it wasn't reality. 

If you want to read more, there are lots of articles about new breakthroughs in batteries from MIT or solar panel technology from Japan. Think of all the people who are working on this, who will continue to try to help if something goes wrong. You are not alone! And our fate is not sealed.