'a threat to our very survival....' 'We know from earlier civilizations that the lead indicators of economic decline were environmental, not economic. The trees went first, then the soil, and finally the civilization itself. To archeologists, the sequence is all too familiar.' <A HREF="http://www.earth-policy.org/Books/PB2/Contents.htm" target="_blank">http://www.earth-policy.org/Books/PB2/Contents.htm</A> <A HREF="http://www.energybulletin.net/2024.html" target="_blank">http://www.energybulletin.net/2024.html</A>