Together with a deteriorating economy and worsening social climate, the United States began to crack. The problem was further emphasized by the collapse of the European Commonwealth and the Middle East oil powers, as the oil fields were exhausted. The automotive industry desperately tried to come up with a solution to the problem, but electric and early fusion cars were too little, too late to solve the needs of society. Traffic on the streets died as fuel became too valuable to waste on cars. A year later, in 2060, available fuel reserves were on the brink of depletion worldwide.
