New York Times: Back in 2010, I asked this question: "Which Comes First Peak Everything or Peak Us?" My focus was whether humans could use the gift of foresight to curb resource appetites in ways that would avoid having the peak imposed on us by shortages or human-induced environmental shifts like climate disruption.
There are growing signs the answer is yes. First came work pointing to "peak travel." Then I wrote about a study foreseeing "peak farmland" - an end to the need to keep pressing into untrammeled...