[tyfon]

This analysis assumes that we can continue on the current consumption spree and growth in energy usage as before.

It has to be a combination and there will have to be painful adjustments to the current western lifestyle.

We need to find better ways of moving around, buy less stuff and produce food in better ways.

[falcolas]

> It has to be a combination and there will have to be painful adjustments to the current western lifestyle.

I feel quite confident in saying “that will never happen.”

If you want to avoid a mass revolution from the people, you can’t take away quality of life.

[tyfon]

The taking of quality of life is a given anyway, there simply is not enough stuff to satisfy everyone. There are already large parts of the population in the US living in poverty and the middle class is being decimated.