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Re:From Burma to Nagasaki: the man who walked through hell by dredmorbius on Monday July 27, 2015 @01:46AM (#9953554)
There are no long-term resource worries in the developed world.

... and then you wake up.

Re:From Burma to Nagasaki: the man who walked through hell by colechristensen on Monday July 27, 2015 @02:09AM (#9953609)
Name a single resource without a viable long term economical alternative.

Note this is explicitly excluding people living in or watering the desert (or situations where this is an apt metaphor).

Re:From Burma to Nagasaki: the man who walked through hell by dredmorbius on Monday July 27, 2015 @05:20AM (#9954173)
Topsoil. Fresh water. CO2 sinks. Liquid hydrocarbon fuels. Phosphorus. Copper.
Re:From Burma to Nagasaki: the man who walked through hell by selimthegrim on Monday July 27, 2015 @07:41AM (#9954570)
Lithium. tantalum, rare earths, indium, helium.