此书就世界是否会因为石油和其他自然资源短缺而面临严重的经济问题这一话题引发了国际性的辩论。 而18个月后欧佩克的石��减产似乎预示了这些问题的出现。
The book launched an international debate on whether the world would soon face immense economic problems due to shortages of oil and other natural resources - problems that seemed to be presaged by OPEC's production cuts eighteen months later.