Nice blog. It's going in my bookmarks.
I love this previous post of his:
http://physics.ucsd.edu/do-the-math/...l-perspective/
Which yields this pretty little graph:
For those who believe that cartels have full control of oil and that there is still much more than we need... a graph illustrating how even high prices and demand fail to stimulate higher oil production.
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I've been of this mindset for years, that booming economical and population growth is unsustainable, simply because of the high cost of energy. The only way to maintain growth and prosperity is to drastically cut down on energy use and wastage... difficult in a world where billions of formerly third-class citizens now have the economic clout to pursue the dreams of US-level energy usage in India and China.