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Old 03-04-2013, 01:35 PM   #527 (permalink)
jamesqf
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Originally Posted by Arragonis View Post
Which is just silly in a lot of ways. But start with the most obvious: that human population and demand for energy can continue to grow without limits. Given that assumption, of course there is a peak wind - and a peak solar & peak everything else. This http://physics.ucsd.edu/do-the-math/...ets-physicist/ says it better than I could.

The bottom line is that the Earth has resources enough to indefinitely sustain a population of somewhere around 500 million, allowing them all a reasonable quality of life.
 
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