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hatrack

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13. I think of what you describe as somewhat different - the first of two speed bumps, if you will

Reply to hughee99 (Reply #11)

Sat Jun 28, 2014, 12:45 PM

Jun 2014

Political and economic realities are always going to create distribution problems - to say nothing of the vagaries of weather, transportation, and geography. As population growth and the associated resource depletion gather speed, these distribution problems will likely grow worse over time. That's the first speed bump.

Beyond that first barrier looms a far bigger one - absolute resource depletion, though many, from the Julian Simon Brigade down to anyone hoping for high elected office, will deny its existene to their dying breaths.

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I think of what you describe as somewhat different - the first of two speed bumps, if you will hatrack Jun 2014 #13

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