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The purpose of this board is to discuss the ascent, peak, and decline of natural resources. Decline implies depletion and can be defined as follows: [From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia] "Resource depletion is an economic term referring to the exhaustion of raw materials within a region. Resources are commonly divided between renewable resources and non-renewable resources. Use of either of these forms of resources beyond their rate of replacement is considered to be resource depletion. Resource depletion is most commonly used in reference to the farming, fishing, mining, and fossil fuels. Normally, resources will not become totally exhausted at some particular moment, but rather will diminish until the price of continued exploitation becomes so high that it is no longer economical. According to Hubbert peak theory, the rate of exploitation follows a sort of bell-shaped curve. The Hubbert peak theory article discusses predictions for some resources. Estimates for when various resources will run out if exploitation continues at present rates are somewhat controversial, but for some resources, the estimated time left is rather short."[1] [1]"Earth's natural wealth: an audit" by David Cohen, New Scientist, 23 May, 2007, pp. 34-41. Peak Everything: Eight Things We Are Running Out Of And Why http://www.treehugger.com/files/2008/05/peak-everything-8-things-we-are-running-out-of.php
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#98   Nikola Tesla unlimited free energy forever THEY dont toddao 05/08/13 01:49:36 PM
#97   Are We Heading Toward Peak Fertilizer? sumisu 11/28/12 02:13:19 PM
#96   As Rock Phosphate Runs Out, What is More sumisu 06/21/12 11:12:18 PM
#95   Limits We are Reaching – Oil, Debt, and Others sumisu 06/04/12 04:40:15 PM
#94   Living Planet Report 2012 From WWF Looks At sumisu 05/16/12 06:15:21 PM
#93   The six natural resources most drained by our sumisu 10/31/11 08:43:28 PM
#92   unless God intervenes all man will perish toddao 08/03/11 11:21:05 PM
#91   Peak Gold and Peak Platinum? sumisu 07/20/11 02:47:26 PM
#90   Oceans on brink of catastrophe sumisu 07/01/11 09:04:43 PM
#89   Sylvia Earle: If the sea is in trouble, sumisu 07/01/11 09:01:06 PM
#88   Jeremy Grantham: The Days Of Abundant Resources And sumisu 05/18/11 10:41:25 PM
#87   Would be interesting to know how much/gallon of futrcash 03/26/11 03:23:52 PM
#86   BHP Commits $10B for Australian Projects: #msg-61382100. DewDiligence 03/26/11 08:18:10 AM
#85   Twelve Unsustainable Things That Will Soon Come To sumisu 03/17/11 07:36:30 AM
#84   It’s an upside-down world when Brazil—the land of DewDiligence 03/05/11 12:02:13 PM
#83   alcohol fuel toddao 01/06/11 12:46:18 AM
#82   Peak Coal is Moving Closer Too sumisu 12/01/10 03:47:58 PM
#81   Phosphorus In The Age Of Scarcity sumisu 09/16/10 10:36:17 PM
#80   How Much Is Left? basserdan 09/15/10 08:36:46 PM
#79   The price of Britain's disappearing wildlife sumisu 09/02/10 02:04:17 PM
#78   You've heard of peak oil. How about peak fish? sumisu 09/02/10 01:34:33 PM
#77   Why the World Is Quickly Running Out of Helium sumisu 08/25/10 09:36:05 AM
#76   Why the World's Quickly Running Out of Helium sumisu 08/25/10 09:36:02 AM
#75   Nature Stunner: “Global warming blamed for 40% decline sumisu 07/30/10 07:11:04 AM
#74   Wind Power's latest criticism---it decreases the price of electricity-- futrcash 05/30/10 08:32:10 PM
#73   Peak Fish and the biodiversity crisis sumisu 05/20/10 08:25:01 AM
#72   Peak soil: it’s like peak oil, only worse sumisu 05/13/10 08:48:30 AM
#71   Peak Everything? sumisu 04/27/10 07:41:28 PM
#70   Peak phosphorus sumisu 04/26/10 07:06:53 AM
#69   You've heard of peak oil. How about peak sumisu 04/13/10 09:46:30 AM
#68   Copper Peak sumisu 04/01/10 08:30:56 AM
#67   How to deal with the coming economic crisis sumisu 01/14/10 02:35:57 PM
#66   Throwing Our Energy at Impossible Dreams sumisu 12/16/09 04:10:20 PM
#65   Honeybees Face Towering Threat From Cell Phones sumisu 11/12/09 05:20:40 PM
#64   Experts worry over peak soil sumisu 11/11/09 05:09:37 PM
#63   Could Food Shortages Bring Down Civilisation? ~ Susan ~ 10/16/09 04:34:17 PM
#62   Linking the past with the present: resources, land sumisu 10/06/09 09:12:15 AM
#61   Bio Oil scarcity leads us to electric cars sumisu 09/05/09 08:04:12 AM
#60   Four crucial resources that may run out in sumisu 08/27/09 10:29:03 PM
#59   Green grass of steppes falls victim to West’s sumisu 08/25/09 07:37:51 PM
#58   World faces hi-tech crunch as China eyes ban sumisu 08/25/09 09:02:18 AM
#57   Running out of resources sumisu 08/15/09 02:02:00 PM
#56   Running Out of Resources? sumisu 08/15/09 01:37:19 PM
#55   LEARNING FROM PAST CIVILIZATIONS sumisu 07/29/09 04:27:37 PM
#54   Here's an nicely written recount of what IOWA up-down 07/14/09 06:10:58 PM
#53   World at Gunpoint sumisu 07/09/09 08:10:21 AM
#52   Always amazes me how inordinately Long it takes futrcash 06/13/09 01:09:01 PM
#51   Goodbye Fossil Fuel Dependence, Hello Rare Earth Dependence! sumisu 06/11/09 09:22:26 AM
#50   Global Deforestation sumisu 05/24/09 05:51:01 PM
#49   Resource scarcity: what does it mean for business? sumisu 05/07/09 09:47:48 AM
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