I don't believe in the 2012 'end of the world' sorta thing, but how ironic it is that many events are going to be happening in and around 2012 which will contribute to the collapse of the monetary system. One event starts this year, 2010...
"We are on the verge of global transformation. All we need is the right major crisis and the nations will accept the new world order."
-David Rockefeller
It makes you wonder if the bankers instigated this global depression that's already underway, as a step forward to creating a world currency, it seems logical to me.
Interestingly though, I wonder if they've checked the oil production... http://www.energybulletin.net/node/52603
Looks like we're in for a rocky decade. I can imagine that they're taking advantage of this and to attempt to make profits as oil goes down.
Considering the energy output of sub-bituminous coal. In the coming decade we're going to have to find & produce three times the tonnage of all the oil and coal we've ever used in history, primarily in the form of sub-bituminous coal. Can you imagine the price!?
Personally, I think they'd better hurry up with electric cars.
Consider the following:
2010 - Global depression (I can't imagine a one world currency coming out of this depression, what advantages are there for China to do conform?)
2011/2012 - Peak oil (Considering the depression, how are people going to afford to buy electric cars let alone the petrol itself!?)
2020ish - Nanotechnology (How do you propose money could work with such products coming out?)
Remember how history repeats itself. During The Great Depression, mechanisation came in, and fast too because the need to maximise profits was EXTREMELY important due to the depression. We are no entering what has been termed "The Greatest Depression" by Gerald Celente. Considering the exponential price drop that technology has seen past the last decades, is it safe to assume that companies will need to maximise profits and thus resort to automation?
Look, if we still have a monetary system by 2020, we will have the ability to blow up the world with nanotechnology as well as nuclear. This system must end this decade, as Michio Kaku said, "It's a race against time."
What are your opinions?
Note: I reserve the right to change my outlook based on new information.