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Message| (36)    There is a widely held view that the price of
commodities is cyclic, and that this cycle is well balanced by
supply/demand forces. As demand eats up existing resources,
prices increase, which leads to new supply coming online,
driving prices down. Additionally, Malthusian predictions about
the limited supply of essential resources have historically been
proven false. New technologies fundamentally change the game.
This will essentially always be true for energy. Already there
are ideas and technologies that could fully replace fossil
fuels. The most promising energy source among these ideas is
solar power, but improved nuclear and even fusion reactors may
provide all our energy needs in the future.  Theoretically,
energy could be used to synthesize food from inorganic compounds
and fresh water by desalination, so even agricultural land and
fresh water sources are destined to find competition from new
technologies.  That leaves