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Old 12-07-2005, 10:19 AM
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Default Re: Exponential growth!

I've been mostly out of town the last two weeks and without the internet for the past 6 days or so. Time to wade back in I guess.

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Now think about what this means when we have exponential growth in the use of many natural resources.

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My understanding is that horse dung was a major problem in urban areas around the turn of the century. Think about what exponenential growth would mean to the amount of horse dung to clean up if the US economy was supported by buggy whip companies.
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