"Who Am I?" in a Post-Petroleum World

[dustyloup]

i think that this "more people than the earth can sustain" idea is a bunch of depopulation, new world order bs. On the other hand; I agree that we are not living on the earth in a sustainable way.

[peakmoment]

What would it take for humans to live sustainably on the planet? Before the fossil fuel bonanza, we had about a billion people on Earth, living within the yearly solar energy provided. Fossil fuels have increased population (by making food cheaper/easier to produce). How do we return to living within the earth's limits? Humanely, we can hope -- or do we let wars, pandemics, starvation reduce our numbers?

[slilov]

Inspiring. Thanks for a wonderful episode!

Shaul

[yuklintang]

Please please, you are such an intelligent woman with amazing words, but you need to look out for your weight, I doubt that's a sustainable way of life.

[bananahammock]

Some people are born with a predisposition to put on weight. These types of people are completely healthy at a weight that would in someone else would be considered overweight. In such a person diets are not helpful; they are effectively starving themselves. I don't know this woman's circumstance, but you can keep your rude comments to yourself.

[ToddBoyle]

Looks promising but goes on too long in generalities.

We want facts, analysis, conclusions for action.