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If the planet and its resources were growing in size, then this "growth" model might make sense. NYC_SKP Nov 2012 #1
+1 villager Nov 2012 #2
This Pentagon report on dwindling resources was leaked in 2004.... OldDem2012 Nov 2012 #3
Space - the final frontier aletier_v Nov 2012 #13
Climate change presupposes a continued economy capable of extracting and burning hydrocarbons FarCenter Nov 2012 #15
Both John Kerry AND Lawrence Wilkerson made public statements about the facts that year. patrice Nov 2012 #21
even worse: dixiegrrrrl Nov 2012 #28
There is no reason for continued growth in the first place. RC Nov 2012 #4
Some examples would be useful ... GeorgeGist Nov 2012 #9
Mom & Pop businesses. RC Nov 2012 #25
I was always taught that the only thing that will keep growing indefinitely is an untreated cancer. Buns_of_Fire Nov 2012 #5
You can't have infinite growth on a finite planet. JaneyVee Nov 2012 #6
It shouldn't take long for AI ... GeorgeGist Nov 2012 #10
Why not? One need not remain stagnant in technology, e.g. WinkyDink Nov 2012 #12
The US is in better shape to handle a huge deficit than Europe and Japan... Kolesar Nov 2012 #7
Competition for resources affect our economy? I know it's only a small piece, but what about patrice Nov 2012 #8
OK GeorgeGist Nov 2012 #14
Legalizing it would make it a new economic resource for the middle-class & lower. patrice Nov 2012 #20
Resources are getting less abundant and more expensive and the middle class ChisolmTrailDem Nov 2012 #11
Which resources? Copper? Bauxite? Iron ore? Gold? Water? Trees? WinkyDink Nov 2012 #16
The most obvious is oil. A few years ago a barrel of oil was $10 ChisolmTrailDem Nov 2012 #22
phosphorus, potassium, helium, cheap and less noxious forms of fossil fuel energy, antigone382 Nov 2012 #26
or - They are evil Santas, trying to break it the way that Reagan supposedly broke the USSR & patrice Nov 2012 #18
Plenty of resources off-planet aletier_v Nov 2012 #17
an economic prescription for machine wars in space. NO thank you. Some? maybe. but . . . patrice Nov 2012 #19
IOW, under highly limited, rock-solid, absolute international terms with significant patrice Nov 2012 #24
The Genius Who Invented Economics Blogging Reveals How He Got Everything Right And What's Coming Nex Tobin S. Nov 2012 #23
Americans wanna party and they always find a way BeyondGeography Nov 2012 #27
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