I've often thought that the dramatic rise in global human population in response to the available energy provided by our exploitation of fossil fuels resembles an Algal Bloom. We are responding to a vast increase in available energy by increasing our population without limits.
That is a little frightening, since we all 'know' (without really considering the consequences) that the Fossil Fuel Reserves are very finite - in fact, we believe we are approaching the midpoint (Peak Oil) of depletion soon (or maybe recently passed it!).
Just the other day, I ran across this blog: Do The Math by physicist Tom Murphy. He has cataloged and computed much more related to our probably energy starved future, along with potential changes that could at least create a reasonable wind-down to Sustainable levels.
A little bit of a bleak return to posting, but something not pulled directly from the bleak headlines currently occupying our media!
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