There are more and more articles about renewable energy, different energy sources, energy independence, geo-political changes due to changing energy map, but they all agree on that we keep on demanding more and more energy to fuel our present lifestyle.

We only concentrate on the supply side of the equation, nobody mentions the demand side.

The global world is like a fat patient, that is getting increasingly obese, with all the side effects, diabetes, joint problems, heart disease, demanding more and more healthcare, medicines, special equipment to simply help with basic everyday function, extra aid, larger seats, larger houses, demanding and being unhappy all the time as the world surrounding him cannot keep up with the increasing problems related to this obese patient's lifestyle and related problems.

It never ever crosses his mind that perhaps he is the one that has to change, he is the one who is causing all the problems.

Sooner or later we have to understand that we live in a closed and finite natural system, and even the human resources have a limit how far they can work, consume and spend.

In natural system we can only take out what exist in the system to begin with.

We got used to living on credit, treating debt with taking on more debt, solving bursting bubbles by creating new ones. We started to think that is how reality works and we can keep on doing it endlessly.

But the way we live, the way we preach "constant growth", "return to growth", rebound, expansion is unnatural and it is unsustainable. The natural system we are part of is based on simple but unbreakable laws, laws that keep balance and homeostasis, which laws humanity is breaking with every act we are performing today.

The fat patient has to realize at some point that he is going to be invalid or even die very soon unless he makes a dramatic lifestyle and attitude change, and instead of always craving for more and more consumption he reduces his demand.

Only man can change in this equation, the natural system is in "complete rest".

