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Anyone heard of the phrase "Peak Oil"?

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  • Kohoutek
    Kohoutek Posts: 2,861 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    ceridwen wrote: »
    I rest my case Kohoutek - a case in point of what I said happens to me:rotfl::rotfl:
    So - as I said to you - you're brave:T

    I think the people who think that humanity can overcome resource depletion without population control are braver (or perhaps just stupid)!
  • Bullfighter
    Bullfighter Posts: 414 Forumite
    Kohoutek wrote: »
    I think the people who think that humanity can overcome resource depletion without population control are braver (or perhaps just stupid)!

    Exactly.

    "If we don't halt population growth with justice and compassion, it will be done for us by nature, brutally and without pity - and will leave a ravaged world."
    Nobel Laureate Dr. Henry W. Kendall
  • nearlynew
    nearlynew Posts: 3,800 Forumite
    Kohoutek wrote: »
    I think the people who think that humanity can overcome resource depletion without population control are braver (or perhaps just stupid)!


    there is another way though....


    we could have a rising population and a continual deterioration in living standards for all.
    "The problem with quotes on the internet is that you never know whether they are genuine or not" -
    Albert Einstein
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