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   From: hex@unseen.ac.am   
      
   On 09/05/2017 20:01, Roger Blake wrote:   
   > On 2017-05-09, Norman Wells  wrote:   
   >> You can scoff as much as you like, but it will happen.  The only   
   >> question is when.   
   >   
   > Not any time in the foreseeable future. The people making these   
   > predictions tend to fudge data to present the worst-case scenario and   
   > fail to take into account technological progress.  I do scoff and laugh   
   > quite a bit at the environmentalists, and for good reason.   
   >   
   > With respect to Steven Hawking, in the long run the earth certainly is   
   > doomed and it is probably a good idea to get off this rock. However   
   > unless we are hit by an asteroid or manage to touch off a world-wide   
   > atomic war I don't see anything likely to make the earth uninhabitable   
   > within 100 years.   
      
   Except that world population is increasing exponentially by about 50%   
   every 40 years.  And they're not making any more land or other resources.   
      
   If you think that's sustainable, think again.  We're much nearer   
   disaster tha n you think.   
      
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