History repeating itself is right.
"Coincidence? I think not. It is history repeating its self until people learn from it."
...And the history now repeating itself is that people will always let their opinions be railroaded by those who would deny the necessity of change.
Sooner or later, if you don't die first, you will see that we need to change our energy usage patterns. But I expect it will be far too late, by the time that happens.