a shocking, sobering sobering video
 

I found this the other day on youtube - it's from 2007 so apologies if it has been posted and discussed here already (I searched and found nothing). I didn't used to care or worry very much about population growth, nonrenewable resources and so on but recently films like Fast Food Nation, The Corporation and now this video have started to sway me.

It's a lecture by Dr Albert A Bartlett, a physics professor. It lasts about an hour but doesn't seem that long as it's very compelling, and delivered in simple language that anyone can understand it. I haven't ever heard the planet's problems articulated as directly, urgently or persuasively as in this video; I'm posting it here because I think it's pretty important that as many people as possible watch it.

Interesting... I am now searching for the other videos.

Thanks for posting this. It's important to hear this kind of stuff.

I learned this long long ago when as a youth I learned the power of 72.

TheMint.org - Fun For Kids - The Power of 72

Time well spent watching this video. It's a shame the audience is so small. This is something that should be spoken to a large audience, and to politicians and other decision makers. Thanks for posting.

Well, maybe the audience is not so small as part 1 has had nearly a million views and most of the other parts have more than 100 000. I guess not everyone's too eager to sacrifice an hour of their time for this sort of thing!