Baby-boomers enjoyed the most benign period in human history: fifty years of relative peace, cheap energy, plentiful grain supply and a warming climate due to the highest solar activity for 8,000 years. The party is over — prepare for the twilight of abundance. David Archibald is a Perth-based scientist working in the fields of oil exploration, medical research, climate science and energy. Here he discusses his latest book, Twilight of Abundance: Why Life in the 21st Century Will Be Nasty,…
