Duncan Richard C. The Olduvai theory. Energy, population, and Industrial civilization

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Duncan Richard C. The Olduvai theory. Energy, population, and Industrial civilization

The Social Contract, Winter 2005-2006. 12 p. На англ. языке.
Статья Р. Данкена о предполагаемом конце индустриальной цивилизации около 2030 г.
Вывод основан на тенденции изменения душевого производства энергии, которое не росло
в 1979 - 2008 г. и затем стало снижаться. Вследствие экономического коллапса, численность
человечества может снизиться до 2 миллиардов к 2050 г.
(Название "Олдувай" взято от известного места находок останков протолюдей в Танзании. )

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