Is the primary addiction Greed or is it Aggression and Competition that's fueled by cheap energy? Most people believe in some kind of Ultimate Aristocrat to justify their own egotistical exploitation of weaker addicts in a tournament where only the winning team gets to live on. Humans are addicted to competing extraction systems, whether physical, economic or psychological. Fossil fuels aren't so much the drug as they are the syringe that injects aggression and resentments.