In Reply to: Malthus failed to take into account advances in technology... posted by oscar on May 4, 2007 at 14:21:38:
You can hardly blame him for that. Oil was a bit of a Deus Ex Machina, but that machina is now just about worn out.
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Follow Ups
- Malthus mainly failed to foresee oil. - GliderGuider 05/4/0714:59:46 05/4/07 (4)
- and you have failed to foresee "x", GG. - Jim Pearce 16:32:18 05/4/07 (3)
- "x" is advances in technology to hold off the point where population growth exceeds capacity. - oscar 19:21:28 05/4/07 (1)
- Maybe "x" is more complex oscar... - Jim Pearce 19:36:31 05/4/07 (0)
- Speak for yourself - jedinvest 18:18:05 05/4/07 (0)