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In 2008 Graham Turner at the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation ( CSIRO ) in Australia published a paper called " A Comparison of ` The Limits to Growth ` with Thirty Years of Reality ".

It examined the past thirty years of reality with the predictions made in 1972 and found that changes in industrial production, food production and pollution are all in line with the book's predictions of economic and societal collapse in the 21st century.

In 2010, Peet, Nørgård, and Ragnarsdóttir called the book a " pioneering report ".

They said that, " its approach remains useful and that its conclusions are still surprisingly valid ... unfortunately the report has been largely dismissed by critics as a doomsday prophecy that has not held up to scrutiny.