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Civilization Collapse Primer

if you have 5 minutes:


#1 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cubic_mile_of_oil
The world consumes approximately 3 CMO annually from all sources.


if you have another 5 minutes
#2 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cJ-J91SwP8w
300 Years of FOSSIL FUELS in 300 Seconds


if you have 7 minutes
#3 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EQqDS9wGsxQ
Who Killed Economic Growth?

if you have 17 minutes
#4 http://www.ted.com/talks/paul_gilding_the_earth_is_full.html
Paul Gilding starts his TEDTalk with four words that say almost everything: “The Earth is full.” It’s a terrifying concept. Have we really strained, mined and otherwise depleted the planet’s resources to the point where social collapse is inevitable? Gilding believes we have, and he launches into a defense of that notion.


if you have 1 hour
#5 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u4KRWoubPEo
Holocene Extinction - Sixth great Extinction


if you have 4 hours:
#6 http://www.econ.utah.edu/~mli/Economics%207004/Morrigan_2010_Energy_CC4.pdf
PEAK ENERGY, CLIMATE CHANGE, AND THE COLLAPSE OF GLOBAL CIVILIZATION

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