Brishen Hoff's Page

With 6.7 billion people, there are already too many mouths to feed without the help of oil.

With oil production already at or near peak, we are entering a period of terminal production decline.

At present production rates, there is less than 40 years left of oil. The 40 year estimate from oil company executives has been criticized as overly optimistic.

Virtually every country in the world is now dependent on oil. There is no other source of energy which is as abunda…

In Canada, and especially Ontario, nuclear power is expanding due to rampant immigration.

The government wants to bury 45,000 tonnes of nuclear waste in the Canadian shield in an unspoiled, wilderness location of important wildlife habitat near only small settlements of people.

Wouldn't it be more fair to leave the waste at the reactor sites with the people who make money from producing it?

Actually, I think it would be most fair to export the nuclear waste to To…

At this point in human history with 6.7 billion people, less than 40 years left of oil, nuclear expansion, highway expansion, deforestation, and species extinctions, it is long overdue that we start thinking about a steady state economy and therefore a steady state population. Population growth is undesirable and will lead to a worsened environment whether it occurs via sprawling suburbs or via high-rise apartments. There is no smart population growth, because environmental degradation and po…