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xeroid on March 10, 2008 - 4:22am Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top

Do people appreciate the scale of the problem facing us?

NO!

Not even the people who read TOD ... I find it amazing that people can see that oil production will peak but propose alternatives completely blind to the fact that they could also peak.

Peaking is a phenomenon of consumption of any resource faster than it can be profitably created - if the peaking resource in question happens to be a Liebig minimum for 'something else' then the 'something else' will also peak.

Example resources might be credit, steel, copper, gold, fish, agriculture, tropical jungle, etc. etc. etc.

Example 'something else' - humans.

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Partypooper on March 10, 2008 - 5:19am Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top

I've found some one who agrees with me at last!

Lithium and Nickel as well, when we try to build 100's of millions cars with batteries using these metals.

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