We've known about peak oil for 50 years. It's a basic scientific principle. Yet even today you've got 1000 times more discussion about the deadly CO2 gas. And how many times has this author mentioned peak oil? How many times has any "reputable" media source mentioned it over the last 5 years? Not many. That is no accident. It's called eugenics.

But, we also need to reduce the growth rate of the population to assist in food shortages and resource consumption, untl we have a plan. All governemnts need to at least start restricting families to having 2 children.

Dan's last paragraph hits it.

"But has anyone planned for a world that just kept growing? And is that lack of planning now showing up in higher food and energy prices? It sure looks like it. Now, we wonder what's next..."

Yes planning. This lack of planning by the governments and institutions that run our economies will bite us in the end. It's a reflection of what we have always wanted, surely it is, otherwise why is it happenning?

Evolution? Just how much have we learnt from our fellow humans throughout the course of time? Maybe we need to endure greater sufferring in order to bring new focus to the world? We had the opportunity and we still do, but not much is happenning, it all a little superficial.

I am 27 years of age, the Baby Boomer generation and previous generations are just going to dump the problem on future generations , as long as they themselves lived a good life. No empathy for the struggle that future generations will have to endure.

Maybe, we shouldn't allow people to reproduce at all until we collectively become responsible enough to bring beautiful life into this beautiful universe?