The study was and remains nothing if not controversial, with 
economists doubting its predictions and decrying the notion of imposing 
limits on economic growth. Australian researcher  Graham turner has 
examined its assumptions in great detail during the past several years, 
and apparently his latest research falls in line with the report’s 
predictions, according to Smithsonian Magazine. The world is on track 
for disaster, the magazine says.
The study, initially completed at
 MIT, relied on several computer models of economic trends and estimated
 that if things didn’t change much, and humans continued to consume 
natural resources apace, the world would run out at some point. Oil will
 peak (some argue it has) before dropping down the other side of the 
bell curve, yet demand for food and services would only continue to 
rise. Turner says real-world data from 1970 to 2000 tracks with the 
study’s draconian predictions: “There is a very clear warning bell being
 rung here. We are not on a sustainable trajectory,” he 
tellsSmithsonian.
 

 
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