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And, of course, you can provide links to credible studies supporting such extraordinary claims, right?


Petty much every documentary I have seen the last 5 years claims humans are increasingly ruining the planet at a non-sustainable rate. I expected this to be common knowledge by now.

If you prefer reading about it, Collapse by Jared Diamond[1] is an exceptional book on the subject, with facts and references for every claim and anecdote.

[1] http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0143117009/ref=as_li_tl?ie=...


I assume that the commenter specifically meant this part:

> Currently it takes 1.2 earths' worth of resources to support the earth's population

... which obviously isn't true since the earth's worth of resources currently supports its population.




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