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Environment & Energy

GliderGuider

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5. We're all learning as we go along.

Reply to bananas (Reply #4)

Wed Jan 14, 2015, 06:04 PM

Jan 2015

The world has never been in this situation before, so there's not a lot of history to guide us. We'll make mistakes as we try to figure out what's happening - we always have, and we always will.

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Sustainability Crisis: Renewable Resources Growth Has Been Maxed Out Since 2006 [View all] GliderGuider Jan 2015 OP

Nuclear energy maxed out in 2006, not growth but actual production bananas Jan 2015 #1

Too bad the same can't be said for fossil fuels GliderGuider Jan 2015 #3

"Peak Oil" and the "Nuclear Renaissance" were both wrong bananas Jan 2015 #4

We're all learning as we go along. GliderGuider Jan 2015 #5

We just recapitulated the 70s, now we're recapitulating the 80s. nt bananas Jan 2015 #6

That's been my point as well. FBaggins Jan 2015 #9

Population growth rate peaked in 1962 bananas Jan 2015 #2

Guess that means that the diets kicked in when folks were in their early-mid 40s ... Nihil Jan 2015 #7

It makes sense that the growth rates of food commodities would follow population growth rates. GliderGuider Jan 2015 #11

Sigh... yet another malthusian knee-jerk FBaggins Jan 2015 #8

Actually, there's a much worse accusation one can level against this research. GliderGuider Jan 2015 #10