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Another wonderful article, Ugo.
I think the Irish famine shows the relationship between the ecological and political. Ecological degradation is long-term and complex. The actual deaths and misery, however, are the result of political choices.
It may be that ecological situation in Ireland made a tightening of belts necessary, but it was politics that turned discomfort into disaster.
Indian economist, Amartya Sen, for example, says that countries with functioning democracies do not experience famines.
This is why I think that peak oil will sooner or later turn political.
Bart
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countries with functioning democracies
Too bad for America it is a dysfunctional Republic.