Limits to economic growth? Sustainability? Commodity prices, land, water, global economy - Speaker

http://www.globalchange.com 1 billion new consumers. Can economic growth continue indefinitely? Economist range of views. What is the limit to resources and the growth of emerging market economies? Impact on banks, investment banking, fund management, wealth funds and government policy regarding interest rates and exchange rates, currency devaluations. Macroeconomic trends analysis. Industry forecasts, impact on GDP and WDP. Limits on carbon, oil, gas, coal reservers. Impact of population growth, demographic changes, ageing populations, emerging middle class, birth rates. Potential impact of nuclear fusion technology. Commodities, commodity shortages and commodity prices: aluminium, copper, steel, precious metals, water, farming land and food supplies, gold. Real challenges for future generations - economy impact. Many problems are solvable if we can produce unlimited clean energy at relatively low cost with new technologies. Why meat production is so wasteful of resources. Conference keynote speaker and Futurist Dr Patrick Dixon. Author of SustainAgility.

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[Nkatsikanis]

Talking about land used for grain, why should we use more land if some countries horde grain in order to keep supply and demand in there own favour while other countries starve?

[pjvdixon]

These are complex issues. Patrick

[pjvdixon]

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[pjvdixon]

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[jhlbjaaa]

Technology growth too, we'll figure something out.

[vijayanand875]

Folks we are searching the Black cat in the Dark room, We can talk like this for months and years=NO Solution. There is a solution for this''zeitgeist movement'', ''The Venus project.'' Please check out this with patience.

[AZURA888]

Ok I just know one thing, more people, more problems. It seems USA will fall in a economic future similar to that of Japan.

[MarkProffitt]

@jacopman Population growth is not exponential, is logistic. That is an S curve. It reaches a peak then tops off. All demand curves are logistic, not exponential.

[comecra85]

bullshit

[S1587915G]

The nature of exponential growth is such that it can progress VERY dramatically. So dramatically that one moment we may think there's still A LOT of whatever-it-is that's still available, and the very next moment, SNAP -- we suddenly find there's very little of it left.

This gentleman's speech needs to be taken with a pinch of salt. (Though I do agree on the part on meat.)

[jacopman]

economic growth required to provide for a compounded world birth rate that creates a exponential growth rate cannot be met with finite resources.

In fact....it may appear that there are plenty of resources until the exponential growth reaches critical mass on those resources. Then they will dissapear in a heart beat resulting in great tragedy.

We either compassionately learn to limit population growth now or nature will do that through the balance of the system by drastic measures later.

[Nuanceqwest]

No need to worry about immigration or commodity prices they will be self-corrected. They are a function of Economic strength and credit in that order. Commodity prices are going to multi year lows in the next 10 years.

[Nuanceqwest]

Do you think that America can live in a self contained isolated bubble?

America is accually living off the rest of the world. I mean look at the trade deficit for the last 30 years and foreigners nice enough to buy the US debt. Households living on credit, businesses surviving on credit, governments surviving on credit.

These imbalances are being corrected FAST!!

Dont worry about it though most of the world will be put on its rear end by this coming depression.

[mrhulot101]

One of the best ways to save the environment is to elect Officials that will focus on reducing immigration.

In America, nearly all the population growth in the last 40 years has been via immigration, over 100 million more and we are on track to go to 500 million in a few decades. The world does not need 300 million more American consumers and America does not need 300 million more immigrants. Go to Numbersusa for more info on immigration and to fax your senators for free.