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Re:Satellite imagery shows Northern California kelp forests ... by planet-and-halo on Monday March 15, 2021 @09:09AM (#26465635)
That's not true, according to the book. Both the US and many foreign countries have peaked in their consumption of many important resources. Feel free to argue with the book's research, but I found it compelling.
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Re:Satellite imagery shows Northern California kelp forests ... by therealdrag0 on Tuesday March 16, 2021 @09:04PM (#26485317)
I didn't read the book but listened to the econTalk episode with the author and read an article by the author with the same thesis. When I looked into it a bit I came away unconvinced. As much as I want to believe, I don't think he fully accounted for shifts in manufacturing.

I forget exactly what I found, but if I where to guess it would be something like our imports of certain resources might have peaked, but that doesn't account to things that are manufactured in part/whole outside the US. If I buy an inflatable Kayak made in China, then how is that oil/rubber accounted for? US oil/rubber imports maybe have gone down, but have our inflatable Kayak imports gone down and is it tracked?

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