Reply #8: That's the problem with overshoot [View All]

[GliderGuider]

When the population in question begins to fall, so many of the resources that it required have been used up that it continues to drop well below the original carrying capacity.

Consider that if our civilization does falter significantly as a result of all this, whatever society regrows to take its place will not have cheap oil to fuel its rise. While they may curse our memory, Gaia might appreciate that.