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shio said:

OVERPOPULATION.


WW3 will reduced the population of Earth to Adam and Eve. Problem solved.



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Its not a theory, its a proven fact, and its apparently getting alot worse.

America has been accused of strongarming world oil agencies into underplaying the actual numbers. If were at this point already were certainly getting to a point where we should be worried.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2009/nov/09/peak-oil-international-energy-agency

@Zucas, agreed. Especially in America, where drinking safe water is becoming a risky gamble (see Gasland doco).



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Peak Oil is a tempest in a teapot ...

The proven reserves of economically viable oil at any particular price level is (mostly) fixed, but as the price of energy increases the proven economically viable reserves also increase; and there is a reduced demand on energy. At the same time as the price of energy increases the number of economically viable ways of producing energy increases, and as time goes on the affordability of these methodologies is increasing.



Coal, nuclear, wind. We have energy for electricity. 

Transportation will be interesting when oil is no longer a viable option.

Maybe this provides another option: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0072819/

 

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mike_intellivision said:

Transportation will be interesting when oil is no longer a viable option.


A nuclear reactor powering a car would be interesting...