America is on the ropes and its ‘trainer’ – China – is also struggling. Just as Kevin Rudd is weighing up borrowing more money to pump into the economy to make it look like its business as usual, so too is China wondering how much more money to pump into the American economy to buy [...]
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Peak Oil – Are We There Yet?
September 2nd, 2009 · No Comments
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Catastrophic Fall in 2009 Global Food Production
February 12th, 2009 · No Comments
The following article is by Eric deCarbonnel; while we don’t have the available information in Australia, we do know that last year (because of population growth and the drought) Victoria became a NET FOOD IMPORTER for one month, so parts of Australia are certainly close to their short-term human carrying capacity (under current water and [...]
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