The peak of oil production and consumption has been reached, its reserves are being depleted literally before our eyes, and alternative energy sources still remain a bright dream of humanity. What will happen when the oil reserves on Earth dry up completely? James Howard Kunstler argues that a new Dark Age will come, and convincingly proves the correctness of his opinion. In the USA and Europe, his book has already become a bestseller, but will it make the society of endless consumption think and change its destiny? The author himself believes not. His forecast is doomed to come true. First, planes will stop flying, then cars will become an unaffordable luxury, and industrial production will stop. The end will come to the entire modern system of transport and information exchange! Mechanized agriculture will also have to be forgotten. People will again rely on horses, and news from distant lands will arrive very late. Governments will have difficulty maintaining power over states. However, in all this nightmare there are also positive aspects: people will return to the principles of mutual assistance and support, because otherwise they will not survive. We will become human again! Kunstler's magnificent dystopia is more like a philosophical science fiction novel than cold journalism.