Albert Bartlett on Exponential Growth, Population and Energy
kip399 · Lecture · YouTube title: Arithmetic, Population and Energy - FULL LENGTH
Why it's here
HN repeatedly quotes its thesis that humanity's greatest shortcoming is failing to understand the exponential function.
What it covers
Physicist Albert Bartlett's full-length lecture on how steady exponential growth in population and energy use collides with finite resources. It uses examples like bacteria in a bottle and covers peak oil.