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Quote by: icurhuman It now appears that the economic model of boundless expansion is going to die a timely death, along with the untimely deaths of a large portion of the planet's human population.
There is no chance we'll be able to refit the world's economy with anything that looks like a reliable alternate energy before the wheels fall off. Peak-oil is likely here now and there'll be no alternative but to scale down our ambitions, this will mean economic collapse. Of course any economic collapse will spread the decline out a bit further with the demand-destruction that follows, but not by much. |
Interesting points, icurhuman. I'm reminded of world population charts I've been seeing...
Everyone seems to be predicting that human population will begin to level out... well,... any day now. (Along with the not-quite-confirmed "peak oil") How they arrived at this predicted "leveling off" I'm unclear. Anyone know?
Global warming deniers seem tied to the concept of infinite economic growth. Is infinite economic growth tied to infinite population growth? Is either possible? Is the concept of economic stasis possible?
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