Two old dudes hydrocarbonding: Listening in on a 15-mn-year-old chitchat about why Modern Civilisation is up for a crude awakening

An ancient algae-zooplankton discusses its future transformation into fossil fuels. This will power a future 'Modern Civilisation' driven by human invention. This civilisation will become dependent on these fuels, leading to conflict. Ultimately, this civilisation will exhaust the fuels and become a fossil itself, a cycle of poetic irony.