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High Fructose Corn Spirit
Gym climber
Full Silos of Iowa
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Topic Author's Original Post - Dec 9, 2010 - 12:47pm PT
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...facing humanity in the 21st century.
With no one-to-one replacement fuel (e.g., cold fusion) for fossil fuels on the horizon, I say chances are it is going to be dealing with our over-population overshoot (about 4 billion head) as this "energy inheritance" that literally powers every global economy and household runs down to ever hard-to-get levels.
The consensus is that the global market in oil is already past peak production. And we should expect 5%-9% declines from here on out.
Of course this will be reflected in ever-increasing higher costs, higher unemployment, contracting economies (sound familiar?) which humanity at all levels - leadership to followership - will blame on the "other" guy or the "other" party.
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Great book, easy but sobering read: Bottleneck (2009) William Catton
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Port
Trad climber
San Diego
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I like the crux on Hot Rocks in Joshua Tree. Not the number one crux, but it's up there.
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nutjob
Trad climber
Berkeley, CA
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Evolving government to effectively balance the needs of individuals (collectively) versus corporations, when the general public is easily misled and misinformed to vote for things against the interest of most individuals. This is an aggravator for violence and global conflict, environmental destruction, slow pace of alternative energy development, and general quality of life for individuals.
Either that, or the pitch before The Narrows on Steck-Salathe.
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groundup
Trad climber
hard sayin' not knowin'
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getting up in the morning.
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High Fructose Corn Spirit
Gym climber
Full Silos of Iowa
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Topic Author's Reply - Dec 9, 2010 - 08:57pm PT
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It is going to be important in the future for people to realize that this
"growing wave of economic downturn" will be due largely to population overshoot upon saturated lands, saturated resources, saturated markets and that this sustained "downturn" will be the new normal.
The students that rioted in London today (that made today's news) are of course operating off of a different mindset altogether. It is only a bellwether of way more to come.
The politician isn't to blame. If we're going to scapegoat, then everybody's to blame. We all participated in the so-called "Age of Exuberance" which led to (a) the population overshoot and (b) the consumption overshoot. It truly would help future problem solving if most could remember this. -But of course this is doubtful.
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In the future, the crux for humanity is going to be making a judgment call: (a) Love and War or (b) Love and Lottery.
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