While I agree it seems as if things are about to get a lot uglier possibly in the short term, ultimately I see us pulling out of this funk and being in a much much better place economically, energy and transportation wise.

I don’t see population being a real issue for at least a few hundred more years.

I think I heard one scientist say that you could house every single family currently on earth in 3000 sqf homes setting on ¼ acre lots and the roads they would need all in the state of Texas and still have room to spare.

Call me the foolhardy optimist.

The one thing that really somewhat bothers me is something no one I believe has brought up on this board, and that is the singularity (this will either be very good or very bad).