....rapid rises in energy prices....
The strength of the capitalist system signaling scarcity. In response to scarcity additional supply is provided and prices ease.
increasing religious turmoil
? You mean political correctness dictating that nobody say Christmas?
signs of environomental stress
Things like the global warming measured on the planet Mars? If liberals could only explain how we are causing that.
Or how the Vikings were raising crops in Greenland in the Middle ages?
A hope and a prayer. Wars have been fought repeatedly because this mechanism often fails, because technological advancement cannot always come to the rescue.
increasing religious turmoil
I mean increasing religious turmoil. From the '40s through the '70s it was not a factor in American consciousness.
Things like the global warming measured on the planet Mars? If liberals could only explain how we are causing that. Or how the Vikings were raising crops in Greenland in the Middle ages?
Economies respond to ALL climate changes. What's new are GLOBAL changes CAUSED by human economic activity.