problems ahead

A book I found interesting is:  “Limits to Growth: the 30-year update.”  They made a sophisticated computer model of the economy, population, and pollution.  Nine out of ten scenarios they tested resulted in a population crash sometime in the next 100 years.  (They don’t guarantee the scenarios are right, but they are certain we have a problem.) Anyway it’s a smart and easy read.

A (possibly not as convincing) 7-page summary is at: http://donellameadows.org/archives/a-synopsis-limits-to-growth-the-30-year-update/

Also, “A harrowing scenario analysis of how human civilization might collapse in coming decades due to climate change has been endorsed by a former Australian defense chief and senior royal navy commander.”

Also, a study published in Nature Scientific Reports says that the planet needs forests for carbon storage, oxygen production, water cycle regulation, etc and we’re cutting them down. They project a 90% chance of an irreversible collapse of society if we continue present trends of deforestation.