Yesterday the world population reached 7,000,000,000 (billion). And no, the human world did not unravel, the cataclysm is not upon us, it is not obvious to most that the human adventure on this 4.6 billion year old planet is in serious trouble. This ominous milestone passed uneventfully for almost everybody.
And that's the problem. If you think there are limits to growth and feel compelled to say something about it—there is a considerable body of evidence indicating that we are now hitting those limits—why should anybody listen to you? Why should anybody pay attention to your increasingly justified ranting and raving about peak oil, climate change, ruined ecosystems, dying species, fished-out oceans and all the rest? .... Read more at http://beforeitsnews.com
