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		colechristensen on July 27, 2015 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: From Burma to Nagasaki: the man who walked through... Name a single resource without a viable long term economical alternative. Note this is explicitly excluding people living in or watering the desert (or situations where this is an apt metaphor).

dredmorbius on July 27, 2015 | [–]

Topsoil. Fresh water. CO2 sinks. Liquid hydrocarbon fuels. Phosphorus. Copper.

selimthegrim on July 27, 2015 | [–]

Lithium. tantalum, rare earths, indium, helium.

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