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Environment & Energy

AldoLeopold

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3. We've overreached it long ago

Reply to Speck Tater (Reply #2)

Tue Dec 18, 2012, 01:59 AM

Dec 2012

but petroleum has given us false confidence. And I too always treat these optimistic forecasts with skepticism. But, I wanted a nice nap from the nightmare for a while. Selfish, I suppose.

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'Peak Farmland' Is Here, Crop Area to Diminish [View all] Viva_La_Revolution Dec 2012 OP

Have we finally reached carrying capacity? AldoLeopold Dec 2012 #1

We have already overshot carrying capacity of the planet. Speck Tater Dec 2012 #2

We've overreached it long ago AldoLeopold Dec 2012 #3

Fossil fuels have driven us right to the peak of the mountain. GliderGuider Dec 2012 #4

Quit making biofuels for starters 4dsc Dec 2012 #5

Amen! GliderGuider Dec 2012 #6

Can we also quit making cows? NoOneMan Dec 2012 #8

right? stuntcat Dec 2012 #11

Half the human population has some form of chronic malnutrition NoOneMan Dec 2012 #7

Problem #1: they assume crop yields won't fall NickB79 Dec 2012 #9

Or even plateau NoOneMan Dec 2012 #10