Author's Preface to the Second Edition -- Introduction -- General Overview -- Chapter 1. The New Paradigm -- Natural Resources as an Economic Problem -- A New Way of Looking At the Factors of Production -- From Malthus to the Club of Rome -- The Leontief Thesis -- Economic Theory and the Lack of Interest in Natural Resources -- Signs of Shortage -- Conclusion -- Chapter 2. Economy, Energy and the Environment -- How Many People Can the Earth Feed? -- Table 1. High Income Countries. National Income Per Capita 1999 and 2004. Top 20. -- Table 2. Gross National Income. 1999 and 2004. -- Effects of World Income Distribution -- The New Reality of the World Economy -- The New Restrictive Factor of Economic Growth -- Limits of Economic Growth -- The Third World is the Potential Market -- Full Employment is Unattainable on a Global Scale -- Debt: The New Regulator of the Economy -- Table 3. Total External Debt in Millions. Top 20 Countries. -- Table 4. OECD Members' Imports from Low- and Medium-Income Countries -- Table 5. OECD Members' Exports to Low- and Medium-Income Countries -- Structure of the Global Merchandise Imports 1990-2004 -- Table 5 A. World. Structure of Merchandise Imports. Millions. -- Table 5 B. World. Structure of Merchandise Exports. Millions. -- Changes in the Structure of the Population -- Table 6. Population by Continents. 1950-2004. -- The New Economic Paradigm -- The Equation of Modernity -- Chapter 3. Population and Energy -- Energy Consumption Always Grows -- A Methodological Conclusion -- Chapter 4. Running Out of Oil -- Effects of the Oil Crisis -- Table 7. Consumption of Fuel Worldwide 1999 and 2005. Million Tons Oil Equivalent. -- Table 8. Countries Generating the Most Carbon Dioxide Emissions, in Million Metric Tons. 1990-2002 -- The Choice -- A Verifiable Hypothesis -- We All Love a Happy Ending.

The Price of Scarcity -- Chapter 5. Finite Resources -- Extinct Species -- Table 9. Animals Declared Extinct, 2004, by Country. -- Table 10. Animals Declared Extinct, 2004, by Continent. -- Table 11. Threatened Species* (Animals), 2004, by Country. -- Table 12. Threatened Species* (Animals), 2004, by Continent. -- Endangered Mammals, 2002 -- Table 13. Mammal Species in Danger of Extinction, 2002, by Country. -- Endangered Birds, 2002 -- Table 14. Bird Species in Danger of Extinction, 2002, by Country. -- Endangered Plant Species -- Table 15. Plant Species in Danger of Extinction, 2002, by Country. -- Deforestation -- Table 16. Deforestation by Country. -- South America's Electric Power Crisis -- As Oil Use Decreases, Nuclear Energy Use Increases -- Table 17. Sources of Electricity, Percentage of Total Production. 1980-1997. -- Table 18. Sources of Electricity, Share of Total Production. 1980-1997. -- Population and Food, Water and Energy Production -- Table 19. Population per Continent, in Millions. -- Table 20. Food Production Worldwide, 1990s, in Millions of Metric Tons. -- Table 21. Food Production Worldwide, 1980s, Millions of Metric Tons. -- Table 22. Food Production Worldwide, 1970s, in Millions of Metric Tons. -- Pollution Dampens Food Production Worldwide -- Table 23. Average Growth of Population and of Food Production. -- Hungry People -- Table 24. Malnutrition in the World (per Million People). -- Table 24 A. Prevalence of Undernourishment. % of population. -- Table 24 B. World Cereal Stocks. Million Tons. -- Table 24 C. Selected International Prices of Wheat and Coarse Grains. US Ton. -- Not a Drop to Drink -- Table 25. Water Quality (in fecal coliforms). -- Table 26. Water Pollution (in kilograms per day). -- Table 26 A. Water Pollution. Organic Water Pollutant Emissions (Kg/Day) -- Population Distribution.

Table 27. Population Distribution. 1996. -- Water -- Drying Up in the Middle East -- Table 28. Available Water by Region -- Water Shortage in Asia -- Water Shortage in Latin America -- Even America is Going Dry -- Georgia, Too -- Europe -- Asia -- Middle East -- Population 1990-2003 -- Table 29. World Demographic Trends and Population Density. -- Table 29 A. Population. Rate of Increase, Birth and Death Rates, Surface Area and Density for the World 1990-2003. -- Historical Evidence, the Example of the Potosí Mines -- Minas Gerais's Gold -- The Gold of Peru and the Silver of Mexico -- Oil is Not an Exception -- Reflection On Growth -- Chapter 6. Reality 2000 -- Major Petroleum-Producing Countries -- Table 30. Main Oil-Producing Countries. 2000. -- OPEC -- Table 31. Production: OPEC versus Non-OPEC. -- Table 31 A. Main Oil-Producing Countries. 2005. -- Table 32. Proven Oil Reserves, by Country. 2000. -- Table 32 A. Proven Oil Reserves 2005. Top 20 Countries. -- OPEC Reserves -- Table 33. Oil Reserves, OPEC vs. Non-OPEC, 2000. Millions of barrels. -- Oil Consumers -- Table 34. Oil Consumption. Top 20 Countries. 2000. -- Table 34 A. Oil 2005. Top 20 Countries. -- Chapter 7. Forecasts Show Demand for Oil Will Outstrip Supply -- Table 35. Projected Oil Consumption, 1990-2020. World. Millions of barrels/day. -- Table 36. Projected Oil Consumption, 1990-2020. United States. Millions of barrels/day. -- Future Consumption: Russia and the Former Soviet Union -- Table 37. Projected Oil Consumption, 1990-2020. Former Soviet Union. Millions of barrels/day. -- Future Consumption: Mexico -- Table 38. Projected Oil Consumption, 1990-2020. Mexico. Millions of barrels/day. -- Future Consumption: Asia -- Table 39. Projected Oil Consumption, 1990-2020. Undeveloped Countries of Asia. Millions of barrels/day. -- Future Consumption: Latin America.

Table 40. Projected Oil Consumption, 1990-2020. Central and South America. Millions of barrels/day. -- Future Consumption: Western Europe -- Table 41. Projected Oil Consumption, 1990-2020. Western Europe. Millions of Barrels/Day. -- Future Consumption: Industrialized Asia -- Table 42. Projected Oil Consumption, 1990-2020. Asia's Industrialized countries. Millions of Barrels/Day. -- Future Consumption: Middle East -- Table 43. Projected oil consumption 1990-2020. Middle East. Millions of Barrels/Day. -- Future Consumption: Africa -- Table 44. Projected Oil Consumption. 1990-2020. Africa. Millions of Barrels/Day. -- Conclusion -- Table 45. Total Projected Oil Consumption: Industrial Countries. 1990-2020. Millions of barrels/day. -- Table 46. Total Projected Oil Consumption: Undeveloped Countries. 1990-2020. Millions of barrels/day. -- Chapter 8. More Production, Less Reserves -- Table 47. Crude Oil Production. Total World. 1940s. Thousands of barrels/day. -- Table 48. Crude Oil Production. World. 1950s. Thousands of barrels/day. -- Table 49. Crude Oil Production, Reserves and Consumption of Refined Products. World. 1960s. -- Table 50. Crude Oil Production, Reserves and Consumption of Refined Products. World. 1970s. -- Table 51. Crude Oil Production, Reserves and Consumption of Refined Products. World. 1980s. -- Table 52. Crude Oil Production, Reserves and Consumption of Refined Products. World. 1990s. -- Table 53. Projected Lifetime of Proven Reserves of Crude Oil. World. 1960-2000. -- World Vision 2000-2005 -- Table 53 A. Crude Oil Production, Reserves and Consumption of Refined Products. Total World 2000-2005. -- The Same Holds True for Coal -- Table 54. Proven Reserves of Mineral Coal. World. 1990s. -- Consumption of Primary Energy -- Table 55. Consumption of Primary Energy. World. 1999. -- Energy Consumption in Latin America.

Table 56. Energy Consumption by Sector. Latin America and the Caribbean. 1999. -- Chapter 9. Crude Oil in the Non-OPEC Countries -- The United States and Hubbert's Curve -- Table 57. The United States. Crude Oil Production and Reserves. 1940s. -- Table 58. The United States. Crude Oil Production and Reserves. 1950s. -- Table 59. The United States. Crude Oil Production and Reserves. 1960s. -- Table 60. The United States. Crude Oil Production, Reserves and Consumption of Refined Products. 1970s. -- Table 61. The United States. Crude Oil Production, Reserves and Consumption of Refined Products. 1980s. -- Conclusion on the United States -- Table 62. The United States. Crude Oil Reserves, Production and Consumption of Refined Products. 1990s. -- The United States 2000-2005 -- Table 62 A. United States Crude Oil Production, Reserves and Consumption of Refined Products 2000-2005. -- The Hubbert Method -- The United Kingdom -- Table 63. The United Kingdom. Crude Oil Production and Reserves. 1970s -- Table 64. The United Kingdom. Crude Oil Production, Reserves and Consumption of Refined Products. 1980s. -- Table 65. The United Kingdom. Crude Oil Production, Reserves and Consumption of Refined Products. 1990s. -- Table 65 A. United Kingdom, Crude Oil, Production, Reserves and Consumption of Refined Products. 2000-2005. -- The United Kingdom Reality 2000-2005 -- Norway -- Table 66. Norway. Crude Oil Production and Reserves. 1970s. -- Table 67. Norway. Crude Oil Production and Reserves. 1980s. -- Table 68. Norway. Crude Oil Production and Reserves. 1990s. -- Norway Reality 2000-2005 -- Table 68 A. Norway, Crude Oil, Production, Reserves and Consumption of Refined Products 2000-2005. -- Likewise in Mexico -- Table 69. Mexico. Crude Oil Production. 1940s. -- Table 70. Mexico. Crude Oil Production and Reserves. 1950s.

Table 71. Mexico. Crude Oil Production and Reserves. 1960s.