Fossil fuels have powered human growth and ingenuity for centuries. Now that we're reaching the end of cheap and abundant oil and coal supplies, we're in for an exciting ride. While there's a real risk that we'll fall off a cliff, there's still time to control our transition to a post-carbon future. (source: post carbon institute)
The video gives a brief and entertaining introduction to the history of our fossil fuel adiction.
Here are links to more detail on some of the issues:
Our over use of resources
Passing planetary tipping points
The end of growth
Prosperity without growth
Erosion of ecosystem services and biodiversity loss
Anthropogenic global warming (AGW)
Evidence that human activities are causing global warming
Evidence that the great majority of those qualified to make a decision support the claims of AGW
Evidence that over Earth's history carbon dioxide has been the major determinant of climate
Peak oil
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