higher arable land to population ratio

we have far more oil internally than Europe does (and while we use far more per capita we'll have more available to keep the minimum energy required to keep urban societies operating)

when things are getting quite bad the world over (when we're steep on the downslope of oil production) I see tribalism making a vengeful return, and for geographic reasons I think that bodes worse for Europe (it will certainly be bad for someone in north and south America, but no one can compete with American power locally, whereas Europe has a number of countries with equal weight to throw around, in my opinion meaning higher risk of social breakdowns, war, and thus damage to infrastructure that will be harder to repair post peak-oil).

Hard to know, though, as now days "little" proximate events like a nuke launch can easily wind up defining the next 10,000 years of human existence.

you are the media you consume.