Addicted to Money Episode 3 - Peak Everything

In the final episode of Addicted to Money, David McWilliams argues that the convulsions of
the financial crisis are small compared to the imminent threats ahead.
We are facing severe shortages of the key resources that fuel the global economy and make
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Thursday 19 November, 8.35pm our civilisation possible: oil, water and food. Ultimately, these are all energy issues, and until
the energy dilemma is seriously addressed, there can be little optimism for sustainable longterm
growth.
We have reached what influential Australian ecologist Paul Gilding calls the Great Disruption, the
moment where our old economic model can no longer be sustained.

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[HeatherOfOz]

Live as simply as possible.

[jomphoto]

where's the rest please????

[SPAnsw]

It's sad but true that economic growth, as currently defined, is prettymuch an analogue for the destruction of the environment. It's reminiscent of that old Cree Indian prophecy:

Only when the last tree has been cut down

Only when the last river has been poisoned

Only when the last fish has been caught

Only then will you find that money cannot be eaten.