Comments on: We Are All Going to Starve To Death in 38 Years http://theunbrokenwindow.com/2010/02/18/we-are-all-going-to-starve-to-death-in-38-years/ The curious task of economics is to demonstrate to men how little they really know about what they imagine they can design. - F.A. Hayek Thu, 09 Feb 2012 14:16:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.3 By: anon http://theunbrokenwindow.com/2010/02/18/we-are-all-going-to-starve-to-death-in-38-years/comment-page-1/#comment-23772 anon Sun, 13 Mar 2011 06:33:32 +0000 http://theunbrokenwindow.com/?p=2380#comment-23772 http://www.cracked.com/article_19048_6-important-things-you-didnt-know-were-running-out-of.html You should do a response article to this article. It claims that phosphorus is running out pretty fast. Apparently we don't need to really worry about it. http://www.cracked.com/article_19048_6-important-things-you-didnt-know-were-running-out-of.html

You should do a response article to this article. It claims that phosphorus is running out pretty fast. Apparently we don’t need to really worry about it.

]]> By: Frankenstein53 http://theunbrokenwindow.com/2010/02/18/we-are-all-going-to-starve-to-death-in-38-years/comment-page-1/#comment-13777 Frankenstein53 Thu, 18 Mar 2010 22:28:25 +0000 http://theunbrokenwindow.com/?p=2380#comment-13777 I seem to recall one of my middle school teachers assuring me that the Earth's tungsten reserves would run out by 2010, and as such the price of tungsten-filament incandescent bulbs would rise into the hundreds of dollars and the world would eventually be plunged into permanent darkness, or revert to using candles and torches at night. This was of course before CFL bulbs and LEDs were mainstream, but now that 2010 has rolled around I can't help but look back and laugh. I seem to recall one of my middle school teachers assuring me that the Earth’s tungsten reserves would run out by 2010, and as such the price of tungsten-filament incandescent bulbs would rise into the hundreds of dollars and the world would eventually be plunged into permanent darkness, or revert to using candles and torches at night. This was of course before CFL bulbs and LEDs were mainstream, but now that 2010 has rolled around I can’t help but look back and laugh.

]]> By: Disappointed to Learn Good News? | The Unbroken Window http://theunbrokenwindow.com/2010/02/18/we-are-all-going-to-starve-to-death-in-38-years/comment-page-1/#comment-13763 Disappointed to Learn Good News? | The Unbroken Window Thu, 18 Mar 2010 11:34:57 +0000 http://theunbrokenwindow.com/?p=2380#comment-13763 [...] the population is too big, the water is dirty, the air is dirty, etc. Would they be warmed by this kind of evidence, and masses of evidence that the water and air are cleaner today than in the past? Heck no. Would [...] [...] the population is too big, the water is dirty, the air is dirty, etc. Would they be warmed by this kind of evidence, and masses of evidence that the water and air are cleaner today than in the past? Heck no. Would [...]

]]> By: Running Out of Resources – Arsenic Edition | The Unbroken Window http://theunbrokenwindow.com/2010/02/18/we-are-all-going-to-starve-to-death-in-38-years/comment-page-1/#comment-13405 Running Out of Resources – Arsenic Edition | The Unbroken Window Mon, 08 Mar 2010 09:23:00 +0000 http://theunbrokenwindow.com/?p=2380#comment-13405 [...] this is just arsenic, right? Here is the previous entry in the [...] [...] this is just arsenic, right? Here is the previous entry in the [...]

]]> By: Harry http://theunbrokenwindow.com/2010/02/18/we-are-all-going-to-starve-to-death-in-38-years/comment-page-1/#comment-12866 Harry Fri, 19 Feb 2010 05:57:57 +0000 http://theunbrokenwindow.com/?p=2380#comment-12866 Wintercow, you make a powerful and indisputable point. Back in the spring of 1971, I was more ignorant than I am today. It happened that I was talking to a student, not mine, and we got on the same subject about how the world was running out of all sorts of things, like copper. The student happened to have read a story to that effect in Time. This may have coincided with the report from the Club of Rome. Two years later I could have rebutted his silly ideas, but I confess then I was unequipped to do so, beyond a "You don't really believe that?" comment. For that reason I think you are making a huge contribution to economic understanding, even if it equips a dozen or so students to respond better than I did. You should explain to your classes what 20-10-10 means to their well-being, and how it gets recycled. Extra credit for pointing out the EPA should not regulate potash. Wintercow, you make a powerful and indisputable point.

Back in the spring of 1971, I was more ignorant than I am today. It happened that I was talking to a student, not mine, and we got on the same subject about how the world was running out of all sorts of things, like copper. The student happened to have read a story to that effect in Time. This may have coincided with the report from the Club of Rome.

Two years later I could have rebutted his silly ideas, but I confess then I was unequipped to do so, beyond a “You don’t really believe that?” comment.

For that reason I think you are making a huge contribution to economic understanding, even if it equips a dozen or so students to respond better than I did.

You should explain to your classes what 20-10-10 means to their well-being, and how it gets recycled. Extra credit for pointing out the EPA should not regulate potash.

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