If this assessment is completely correct, we would be starting a long decline now with technical debt, hardly any sustainable energy projects, lots of infrastructure deferred maintenance, a whole civilization in overshoot and highly depenedent on a life support system running on depleting non renewable resources etc.

Basic observation would be that we failed to prepare for the end of growth in the most horrifying way possible.

However, the assessment could be way off. Perhaps he’s calling the peak 10 years too early.

Smoke 'em if you got 'em.