just 15 minutes ago, I saw a report on CNN about the latest predictions of the Population Resource Bureau ...read it and weep.

No matter how much oil is discovered, or how we politicize the distribution process, or how we (meaning the WORLD) creates more efficient autos, etc....we will not have enough oil...or anything else...to satisfy 9 billion people in 2050!

This thread is 'mostly' about oil, but substitute water, land, fish, trees, rice, clean air, ...almost any natural resource or commodity you wish, and it WILL be in short supply if we allow 9 billion people to share it. There are wars and disputes over many of these things today....imagine doubling the demand with a 5% increase in supply (if that much).

I am 65 years old...I expect to live 20 or so more--long enough to say "I told you so", but there will be no joy in winning that sad bet.

There are very few options...none of them easy or pleasant. Even the sanest and most reasonable will mean severe economic upheaval for a several decades--but with the mindset of those who control the economic sector, it probably means that some of the LEAST reasonable and sane measures will be employed as the crisis becomes evident.

(You'll notice I don't list detailed predictions...they ought to be obvious, and they are not pleasant reading)

Maybe I will start a seperate thread...