Book: Overshoot. The Ecological Basis of Revolutionary Change

This book by William R. Catton, Jr. will change the way you view the world. The front cover shows the fundamental source of the predicament we are experiencing. Carrying Capacity: maximum permanently supportable load Cornucopian Myth: euphoric belief in limitless resources Drawdown: stealing resources from the future Cargoism: delusion that technology will always save us from ... Overshoot: growth beyond an area's carrying capacity, leading to ... Crash: die-off If you want another world-changing source, see the video Arithmetic, Population and Energy - a talk by Al Bartlett (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O133ppiVnWY) or, if you prefer an entertaining world-changing view, watch this play Robert Newman's History of Oil (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sehmmzbi3UI)