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Originally Posted by NeilBlanchard
What we are doing is not sustainable - that means it will fail.
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Exactly. Civilization will be much smaller and simpler in the future.
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So the big question is, How do we bring this artificially high flying civilization in for a softer landing? How do we reach the masses and open their eyes. How do we reach the world leaders? There are no major countries that are planning for anything that does not require the continuation of the current (last 100 years) fossil fueled exponential growth to keep the economy from crashing.
The USA just put into place a tax give back the requires 3% growth for the next 15 years to pay it back. Can we really double the size of the US economy again through 2040? And if every country does this, and more in developing countries, what will this do to the remaining finite resources of the planet?
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We are already on course for at least 10 Billion people by 2100.