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Basic Needs Peak
We are living at a unique time in history.
For the first time, the world is experiencing simultaneous peak amounts, per person, of the most basic resources that we all need in order to survive:
living soil capable of growing food crops
fresh water to grow crops with
energy in the form of earth-derived hydrocarbons (fossil fuels)
food: both calories and nutrition
wild space (environmental resilience)
Meanwhile, atmospheric carbon dioxide levels are exceeding limits proposed by climatologists.
Further, each of us shares our home, the Earth, with ~200,000 new people (net) each day.
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