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No limit has been found, and certainly there's none in sight. Previous things running out:
1. rand out of wood for fuel. Now we use other fuels.
2. ran out of whales for whale oil. Now using other fuels.
3. Germany ran out of oil in WW2. They switched to alcohol and were developing other synthetic fuels.
4. The US ran out of rubber in WW2, developed synthetic rubber.
5. Ran out of farmland. Now use much more productive farming techniques. Vertical hydroponic farms are an emerging technology.
And so on. Interestingly, the countries that fail to adapt to change are socialist ones. The free market countries adapt.
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No limit has been found, and certainly there's none in sight. Previous things running out:
1. rand out of wood for fuel. Now we use other fuels.
2. ran out of whales for whale oil. Now using other fuels.
3. Germany ran out of oil in WW2. They switched to alcohol and were developing other synthetic fuels.
4. The US ran out of rubber in WW2, developed synthetic rubber.
5. Ran out of farmland. Now use much more productive farming techniques. Vertical hydroponic farms are an emerging technology.
And so on. Interestingly, the countries that fail to adapt to change are socialist ones. The free market countries adapt.