I'm hoping we are closer to the end of the beginning, than the beginning of the end.

Though our generation will have, at the very least, died of old age before the dust settles on this bust up.

That we are going to war and breaking down the global system might actually work to preserve some resources a bit longer.

Here is a previous essay, that tries taking a somewhat broader point of view;

https://medium.com/@johnbrodixmerrymanjr/the-cliffs-edge-2b382ae2a73