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re: How long before the world runs out of resources and humans die off?
Posted on 7/9/15 at 11:26 pm to LSUTANGERINE
Posted on 7/9/15 at 11:26 pm to LSUTANGERINE
I've now ran out of beer resources
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Posted on 7/10/15 at 12:00 am to YogaPants
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It seems as though the U.S. in general has done an awesome job of replanting wooded areas after clearing
True... but around here, no one has to plant shite. 25 years ago most of my property was a field. Now it's a full fledged forest that I could cut for timber if I wanted. I like the trees, so it's not getting cut on my watch.
Posted on 7/10/15 at 12:04 am to LSUTANGERINE
Reading threads like this renews my anger about the fact that all of your votes are equal to mine.
No fricking idea what you're talking about? frick it. Same vote.
The food is going to run out! Jesus people, all of the energy comes from the sun or the core of the earth. It's essentially unlimited energy for our purposes. It will be harvested when there is no other, cheaper source. There are more trees, cleaner air, and better water in the US than 40 years ago. frick.
Eta: unless you consider CO2 a "pollutant."
No fricking idea what you're talking about? frick it. Same vote.
The food is going to run out! Jesus people, all of the energy comes from the sun or the core of the earth. It's essentially unlimited energy for our purposes. It will be harvested when there is no other, cheaper source. There are more trees, cleaner air, and better water in the US than 40 years ago. frick.
Eta: unless you consider CO2 a "pollutant."
This post was edited on 7/10/15 at 12:07 am
Posted on 7/10/15 at 12:10 am to LSUTANGERINE
We're on the verge of nanomanufacturing and the end of scarcity.
Posted on 7/10/15 at 12:12 am to Jim Rockford
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We're on the verge of nanomanufacturing and the end of scarcity.
I hope that you are right. There are some things that will always be scarce, though.
Posted on 7/10/15 at 12:31 am to LSUTANGERINE
Mother Nature will always win the population game. New infectious diseases will knock off a major portion of the population in the near future. Our antibiotics are defenseless against them.
This post was edited on 7/10/15 at 12:32 am
Posted on 7/10/15 at 12:33 am to LSUTANGERINE
Population will start dropping mid century. Too few people will be a problem.
Posted on 7/10/15 at 1:15 am to RogerTheShrubber
Reading Dan Brown Inferno. It is this exact topic. Good stuff.
Black plague culled the population back in the day to stop over population. Something new will popup just like back then.
Black plague culled the population back in the day to stop over population. Something new will popup just like back then.
Posted on 7/10/15 at 1:29 am to Farkwad
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Our antibiotics are creating them
FIFY
Posted on 7/10/15 at 1:48 am to Grim
You are correct sir.
Posted on 7/10/15 at 2:24 am to foshizzle
Y'all ever read The Alchemy Of Air? Even fixated nitrogen has its limits.
Posted on 7/10/15 at 2:52 am to LSUTANGERINE
I say we will build into, and colonize other planets and put the lower classes on each designated planet. Sorta like how mars was in total recall.
Then in the future, earth shall be destroyed by a comet, or something sudden. Each planet will lose contact with each other, through the common bond.
Each planet will use their resources, rise up or fall.. and eventually there will be, desperate contact and of course, given time, interstellar wars.
What really gets creepy is when out gathering resources. A young boy discovers a man made object on what was originally seen as an alien planet..thus proof, that we have done this before..and that is how we got here. We barely survived, and it took us thousands of years to get back to scratching the surface of where we once were.
Patent pending.
Then in the future, earth shall be destroyed by a comet, or something sudden. Each planet will lose contact with each other, through the common bond.
Each planet will use their resources, rise up or fall.. and eventually there will be, desperate contact and of course, given time, interstellar wars.
What really gets creepy is when out gathering resources. A young boy discovers a man made object on what was originally seen as an alien planet..thus proof, that we have done this before..and that is how we got here. We barely survived, and it took us thousands of years to get back to scratching the surface of where we once were.
Patent pending.
This post was edited on 7/10/15 at 2:59 am
Posted on 7/10/15 at 2:56 am to LSUTANGERINE
Let the poors eat GMO food
problem solved.
problem solved.
Posted on 7/10/15 at 5:13 am to LSUTANGERINE
Israel, Pakistan, India, and North Korea got the bomb fairly easily. Iran will soon. The Saudis will certainly follow. The future use of nukes is far more likely than the planet reaching 13 billion people in 2039. In any case the growth has been slowing for a while. We're not on an exponential growth path anymore.
Posted on 7/10/15 at 5:55 am to LSUTANGERINE
Has to be trolling
Posted on 7/10/15 at 6:07 am to eScott
I really don't care as long as all that I know will not live to see it.
Posted on 7/10/15 at 6:48 am to YogaPants
When they turn out the lights at the last Walmart, it's over. Nothing left to sell, nothing left to buy, nothing left period.
Posted on 7/10/15 at 6:53 am to Tigerlaff
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There are more trees,
This has been said multiple times in this thread, and I don't think people realize how true it is.
After Mt St Helens erupted. Werehauser went in and purchased 18.4 million acres of destroyed, ash covered land. Mixed the soil, and replanted the entire thing over a period of 7 years.
They started cutting it in 2005, and will be continuesly cutting and replanting for the rest of time. When they reach the end, where they started will have regrown enough to start over. So there will continually be trees growing, and being cut, for eternity.
People who think lumber companies want to use all of the trees are idiots. Why would they cut themselves out of business?
This post was edited on 7/10/15 at 6:56 am
Posted on 7/10/15 at 6:54 am to VaBamaMan
The Amazon Rain Forest is in trouble, though. Doesn't it supply 25% of the earth's oxygen?
Posted on 7/10/15 at 6:56 am to SabiDojo
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Doesn't it supply 25% of the earth's oxygen?
Maybe once upon a time.
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