In defense of that statement, it says "not fixed", not "unlimited". But that's of course what he meant... Carrying capacity can also be temporarily distorted.

In defense of that statement, it says "not fixed", not "unlimited". But that's of course what he meant... Carrying capacity can also be temporarily distorted. How much effective carrying capacity would we see if tomorrow there suddenly were not any hydrocarbons from the past? Yeah, I'm old enough to remember "peak oil", that time when we knew full well about the greenhouse effect, but enjoyed distracting us with doomsday scenarios about not enough "new" oil getting prospected.