"The western economic model--the fossil-fuel-based, automobile-centered, throwaway economy-- will not work for China's 1.45 billion in 2031. If it does not work for China, it will not work for India either, which by 2031 is projected to have even more people than China." page 11 of Plan B 2.0, by Lester Brown
The book is downloadable/readable for free from the web at
http://www.earth-policy.org/Books/PB2/Contents.htm(I bought a copy for about $16 at a bookstore).
Amory Lovin's Winning The Oil Endgame is also a $40 or so book that's available for free downloading at
http://www.oilendgame.com/ReadTheBook.htmlHopefully I've saved you DUers some serious coin here. Please spread the word on these books BTW. The * is hitting the fan and the media is oblivious.
With the lame-duck president in office for over two more years and a Congress as do-nothing as the one in '48, we DUers must DO SOMETHING. These books lay a template for the future that the R's are busy frittering away.