Waiting for the lights to go out

14 12 2005

Really, I’m not trying to turn this into an apocalyptic blog, but lately I’ve been quite fascinated with what the effects to society of the absolutely inevitable tightening of energy supply in the face of equally inevitable increases in demand.

“We’ve taken the past 200 years of prosperity for granted. Humanity’s progress is stalling, we are facing a new era of decay, and nobody is clever enough to fix it…”

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Date : 14 December 2005
Categories : economy, energy

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