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Originally Posted by icecube
There wasn't much to argue with in that feature from my perspective. Some may call it fear mongering, but it is reaching the point where it's time to be scared. Natural resources arent unlimited and they are being consumed at unsustainable rates. Period.
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Yes, yes "peak everything is imminent!" has been the shrill cry of fear mongers for hundreds of years. "If current trends continue"...
Guess what...current trends never "continue". Stuff changes and people adapt. For example, consider the gross fears of "Peak Whale Oil!" in the late 1800's:
My main concern is that my calculations show we are approaching peak whale oil and no one seems to be listening. Inspect my numbers below. If my estimations are correct we have surpassed a population of 24,000,000 persons, far more than the estimates of 17.000,000 from the last census. There simply are not enough whales
http://www.scientificblogging.com/sc...peak_whale_oil
Oh Noes!