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Perhaps everyone here have heard about Peak Oil. This theory is about the future oil scarcity and their consequences in Economy, Food production, and Energy. There are actually other options in Energy like Sun, Wind, and Biodiesel. The problem is they use Oil to make parts, and transport their products. Besides Oil, we have scarcity problems with other resources like:
Hellium:
http://www.popsci.com/science/article/2010-08/future-these-will-cost-100-each
Water:
http://www.who.int/features/factfiles/water/en/
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/3747724.stm
http://www.source.irc.nl/page/49876
http://247wallst.com/2010/10/29/the-ten-great-american-cities-that-are-dying-of-thirst/2/
Cocoa:
http://www.investors.com/NewsAndAnalysis/Article/553203/201011091817/Cocoa-scarcity-price-hikes-seen.aspx
http://www.independent.co.uk/life-s...ocolate-worth-its-weight-in-gold-2127874.html
Phosphorus:
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/03/100311092124.htm
http://eartheasy.com/blog/2009/01/peak-phosphorus/
http://machineslikeus.com/news/phosphorus-scarcity-threat-world-food-security
The demand in Food, Energy, and Water is increasing with a growing population living in a finite land with finite resources. How well prepared is Science to cope with that? Do we have enough ideas to fix these scarcities with available technologies? Apprently these problems are a career oportunity, but a hard one, in big science. Solutions are not easy and Governments might fail in implementation plans. Maybe guys in EE, Chemical Engineering, some Branches of Physics, and Biology are going to be in charge of the problem, but we really need of Government and citizens to solve them.
Perhaps everyone here have heard about Peak Oil. This theory is about the future oil scarcity and their consequences in Economy, Food production, and Energy. There are actually other options in Energy like Sun, Wind, and Biodiesel. The problem is they use Oil to make parts, and transport their products. Besides Oil, we have scarcity problems with other resources like:
Hellium:
http://www.popsci.com/science/article/2010-08/future-these-will-cost-100-each
Water:
http://www.who.int/features/factfiles/water/en/
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/3747724.stm
http://www.source.irc.nl/page/49876
http://247wallst.com/2010/10/29/the-ten-great-american-cities-that-are-dying-of-thirst/2/
Cocoa:
http://www.investors.com/NewsAndAnalysis/Article/553203/201011091817/Cocoa-scarcity-price-hikes-seen.aspx
http://www.independent.co.uk/life-s...ocolate-worth-its-weight-in-gold-2127874.html
Phosphorus:
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/03/100311092124.htm
http://eartheasy.com/blog/2009/01/peak-phosphorus/
http://machineslikeus.com/news/phosphorus-scarcity-threat-world-food-security
The demand in Food, Energy, and Water is increasing with a growing population living in a finite land with finite resources. How well prepared is Science to cope with that? Do we have enough ideas to fix these scarcities with available technologies? Apprently these problems are a career oportunity, but a hard one, in big science. Solutions are not easy and Governments might fail in implementation plans. Maybe guys in EE, Chemical Engineering, some Branches of Physics, and Biology are going to be in charge of the problem, but we really need of Government and citizens to solve them.
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