Wednesday 27 May 2009
Olduvai Theory: Sliding Towards a Post-Industrial Stone Age ☀
- On the average, world per capita energy-use reached a maximum value (i.e., a peak) in 1977.
- The 1977-1995 rate of decline has averaged 0.90% per year.
- Per capita energy-use will continue to decline as long as the world population growth rate exceeds the energy growth rate.
- If the decline continues (and extinction is avoided), human societies will bottom out at the subsistence level of energy-use.
