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> Let us start with an assumption that most of us already suspect to be true: that civilization will not survive more than a few centuries into the future.

If no big new innovations are made (e.g. finding a way to exploit previousely unused raw materials), how long will the current earth reserves allow technology to last?

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Forever I think. Global population is projected to peak at about 10 billion and technology is getting more efficient all the time. The planet receives vastly more energy than we need even if everyone on the planet has a European standard of living. Everything we make can be recycled even with the technology we already have so long as we can expend enough energy. If our species dies out it will not be for want of stuff but because we are unwilling to work together.