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p on June 28, 2007 - 3:31am

I'd like to add to that that the dutch famine mainly occured in cities. This was not a food production problem, it was a transportation problem, even if initiated by the occupying forces. With that regard I find it odd that peakoilers have so little attention for something which I think has even more impact with regard to coming events then mere population growth: Next year more than half of the worldpopulation will live in cities.

To give yo an idea why that fact might have more impact then population growth as such let us take a look at Sofia, capital of Bulgaria. While the overall population of Bulgaria is declining the number og inhabitants of Sofia is actually increasing.

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p on June 28, 2007 - 4:54am

I find it odd that peakoilers have so little attention for something which I think has even more impact with regard to coming events then mere population growth: Next year more than half of the worldpopulation will live in cities.

O dear, me and my big mouth..

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