Quote Originally Posted by Fnord
People have been predicting this shit for years.

The big problem is that they ignore market effects.
As the price of oil increases (even more than it already has currently), market forces will inevitably rush in to fill the need for cheaper energy.

Human innovation will prevail?


WHERE IS MY GODDAMNED COLD FUSION ALREADY!@??!@


His point about overpopulation is bang on though. Human innovation will and already has enabled us to comfortably support more and more people on this earth, but that can only go so far.