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The most probable, critical sequence time-line: 1979:
US per capita energy use peaked; still floundering on a plateau in 2006, but ready to fall precipitously (‘cliff’)
at any time 2005: World
crude oil probably peaked; still on an undulating plateau in 2007; starts off the ‘cliff’ ~2010-2012 or before 2005:
World food production (grains) peaked 2008:
World Natural Gas peaks (or sooner) 2010:
NG ‘cliff’ arrives (or sooner) 2012:
US electricity blackouts and brownouts become the norm (or sooner) 2012:
US potable, available water peak and ‘cliff’; shortages and waterborne diseases increase 2015:
US Health Care System in complete chaos, breakdown and failure; sanitation, drugs, return of communicable diseases, poorer
nutrition, etc. 2015:
World "Dieoff" begins in earnest; largely starvation, disease and poor healthcare caused 2030:
US per-capita energy consumption hits the "30% mark-AFTER peak", equaling year 1930 lifestyles again (probably much sooner
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