Our day-to-day experiences over the past decade have taught us that
there must be limits to our tremendous appetite for energy, natural
resources, and consumer goods. Even utility and oil companies now
promote conservation in the face of demands for dwindling energy
reserves. And for years some biologists have warned us of the
direct correlation between scarcity and population growth. These
scientists see an appalling future riding the tidal wave of a
worldwide growth of population and technology. A calm but
unflinching realist, Catton suggests that we cannot stop this wave
- for we have already overshot the Earth's capacity to support so
huge a load. He contradicts those scientists, engineers, and
technocrats who continue to write optimistically about energy
alternatives. Catton asserts that the technological panaceas
proposed by those who would harvest from the seas, harness the
winds, and farm the deserts are ignoring the fundamental premise
that "the principals of ecology apply to all living things." These
principles tell us that, within a finite system, economic expansion
is not irreversible and population growth cannot continue
indefinitely. If we disregard these facts, our sagging American
Dream will soon shatter completely.
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