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Topic 5               ENERGIZING AMERICA: SHORT-CIRCUITE
peb                             peb.population             1:16 pm
Dec  7, 1990

     "ENERGIZING AMERICA: SHORT-CIRCUITED BY OVERPOPULATION"

The precarious nature of the United States' thoughtless approach to
meeting its energy needs has been grandly illuminated by the Iraqi
invasion of Kuwait.  The U.S. economy is addicted to oil and gas,
which together account for 66% of the primary energy supply
consumed in the U.S.  Aside from our vulnerability to Mideast
politics, our historical reliance on oil and gas poses a grave
dilemma, for the world supply of these two fossil fuels is finite.
At current rates of use, the U.S. will virtually exhaust domestic
supplies by the year 2025, while world oil and gas reserves will
run dry some 30 years later.  Thus, even if population were
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11/27/90    1*The Purpose of This Conference          econet
            2*Population-Environment Balance Is       econet
            3*Conference Sign-In & Comments         2 econet
12/07/90    4*QUALITY OF LIFE & POPULATION            peb
            5 ENERGIZING AMERICA: SHORT-CIRCUITE      peb
 1/04/91    6 ISAAC ASIMOV: IS ANYONE LISTENING?      peb
            7*INCREASES IN FERTILITY RATES            peb
            8*DOUBLING TIMES & POPULATION GROWTH      peb
            9*G. HARDIN: BIGGER IS LESS FREE          peb
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