The end of coal's '1000 year Reich'?

Whether it was the US in 1904 or Britain in 1861 it was predicted that coal deposits would, like Hitler's Reich, last 1,000 years and the children had little to fear for the great machines that produced the prosperity and the war ships that defended it, would continue to churn on.

In 1972  as a result of the now infamous 'Club of Rome' -Limits to Growth report where it was predicted that oil would only last 20 years and hence stifle growth,  predicting the decline of oil and other natural resources  has fallen into disrepute.