Link: EnergyBulletin.net: Peak Oil 'To Do' List: Why We Should Do These Things Anyway
by Kurt Cobb
There are economists who "know" that the world will come up with a cheap, effective, and widely available substitute for oil before we run short of it. And so, it follows that "getting ready" for a permanent oil shortage through concerted civic and governmental action is a "waste of resources." But even if they are right about the miraculous and timely appearance of oil substitutes, are they right that the things we would do as a global society to prepare for world peak oil production are a "waste of resources?" To address that issue I've prepared a Peak Oil "To Do" List.
Earthside Comments: This is a pretty good list. We would put "reduce world population" at the top - let's face it, six to seven billion people drawing on the planet's limited resources is the root of almost all the problems we face today. It would be preferable to have a smaller population as a matter of peaceful choice, but violence or plague or supervolcanos will do the job for us eventually ... if we don't get serious about the global human birthrate now.
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