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Apocalypse Soon: Has Civilization Passed the Environmental Point of No Return? Scientific American

Although there is an urban legend that the world will end this year based on a misinterpretation of the Mayan calendar, some researchers think a 40-year-old computer program that predicts a collapse of socioeconomic order and massive drop in human population in this century may be on target

 | May 23, 2012

http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=apocalypse-soon-ha...

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Comment by Ray Leistner on May 27, 2012 at 1:14pm

It should happen in a scattered way, rather than all at once, because of the diversity of the world, as well as limits in the ability to distribute resources.  Hopefully, Canada has more reserves than others, but perhaps some particular resources are already in decline, such as natural gas.

http://www.indexmundi.com/energy.aspx?country=ca&product=gas&am...

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