Global-Scale Problems

Paul Weisz’s already oft cited July 04 Physics Today article Basic Choices and Constraints on Long Term Energy Supplies begins with a succinct statement of the emerging energy supply problem:

Population growth and energy demand are exhausting the world’s fossil energy supplies, some on the timescale of a single human lifespan. Increasingly, sharing natural resources will require close international cooperation, peace, and security.

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