Wear it Out, Use it Up, Make it Do, Do Without

With the era of cheap, abundant fossil energy ending, the acquisition and production of material goods will be diminished. The availability per capita will depend primarily on two factors. First, it will depend on the extent to which global heating and other types of climate change affect agricultural productivity and regeneration of natural resources. Second, it also depends on the time it takes to stabilize human population and reduce it within Earth s carrying capacity.