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Back to the Drawing Board

Chart courtesy Rik van Hemmen lines for the 1970 to 1995 interval. It esting. (See chart above). an environmental point of view, things then shows all overall trends are pretty At that point the trends start to changed for the better. This is the point steady until 2008 except GDP growth, change. Keep in mind we are looking in time when the population continues which appears to have increased in the at 2008, the year of the Great Crash. to grow at a very steady pace. (Yes, the more recent 27 years. That was a dramatic historical moment present immigration concerns are not a 2008 is where things become inter- of great economic upheaval, but, from population growth issue.), but the GDP 12 Maritime Reporter & Engineering News • August 2024

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