It takes an enormous of force at an enormous cost to impose civilization on an uncivilized people, so it’s unlikely anyone will volunteer to take on the role. At the moment it becomes possible to produce gas and oil for a lower all-in cost, the major producers will pull out, and these clowns will revert to the 16th century society they really are. Their oil will be used to light the wicks of their “indoor lighting”.
“enormous AMOUNT”
It is the 7th century to which they will return. There’s an Arab saying, “My grandfather rode a camel, my father drove Mercedes, I fly a Lear jet... and my son will ride a camel.”