Surviving Capitalism (Not) : Increasing Global Nonrenewable Natural Resource Scarcity

We’ve lived so long under the spell of hierarchy—from god-kings to feudal lords to party bosses—that only recently have we awakened to see not only that “regular” citizens have the capacity for self-governance, but that without their engagement our huge global crises cannot be addressed. The changes needed for human society simply to survive, let alone thrive, are so profound that the only way we will move toward them is if we ourselves, regular citizens, feel meaningful ownership of solutions through direct engagement. Our problems are too big, interrelated, and pervasive to yield to directives from on high.
—Frances Moore Lappé, excerpt from Time for Progressives to Grow Up

Tuesday, April 6, 2010

Increasing Global Nonrenewable Natural Resource Scarcity—An Analysis

by Chris Clugston from The Oil Drum. The author provides extensive data on non-renewable resources based on solid research and posted on this website that is followed by highly trained people in science and technology. I also recommend reading the comments section of the article.

Given our vulnerability to an ever-increasing number of imminent and permanent global NNR supply shortfalls, the likelihood that the mix and volume of shortfalls will reach their “critical mass” is a question of “when”, not “if”.