Populatio too large

I can't say that I have a hugely profound statement to say, but it seems that a lot of this courses material all points to the same conclusion. In order for the human race to continue after oil the population of the earth has to drop back to its carrying capacity. This is something I have heard before, but not from scholarly origins. About a year ago I began to follow the conspiracy movement going on in America. I was frustrated by what I saw going on in the government and I wanted some answers that satisfied my intellect. What I found was that the large portion of groups all pointed to a shady organization with the soul purpose of world domination. The organizations plan was to seize control by varying mechanisms and to eventually reduce the earth’s population drastically so that they could be more easily managed. This is interesting that this supposed organizations plan aligns itself with that of the earth itself.

It makes me wonder, if we are to resume our previous ways of living before oil, to return to the earth, how many people have to die for that to really work. It's obvious that the earth’s carrying capacity has been exceeded, but who decides who gets cut loose for the betterment of the rest. If we are to increase the carrying capacity of the earth using renewable resources and efficient technology, how far will we have to stretch to make up the difference? The facts are already here, we are about to reach peak oil without any real plan for the other side of the hill, so it seems obvious who will decide who lives and who dies. The answer is that we have already made the decision for ourselves. If you live in suburbia and oil becomes too expensive to afford, not just for you, but for everyone you know, then how will you get to the grocery store. For that matter how will the trucking companies afford to get the food to the grocery store? How will the farmers afford their petroleum based fertilizers to even grow the crops? The answer is, they won’t. The people who won’t survive are those who don't know how to survive without oil.