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   From: burfordTjustice@tues.uk   
      
   On Wed, 10 May 2017 15:35:09 +0100   
   Norman Wells  wrote:   
      
   > On 10/05/2017 12:26, burfordTjustice wrote:   
   > > On Tue, 9 May 2017 22:07:59 +0100   
   > > Norman Wells  wrote:   
   > >   
   > >> 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.   
   > >   
   > > You and those near to you could stop living, that would help some.   
   >   
   > No it wouldn't.  You see, you haven't understood the problem.  We're   
   > OK at the moment and probably will be until after I die, which I'll   
   > do in the normal course of events if it's all the same to you.   
   >   
   > World population was about 1 billion in 1800, about 5 billion in   
   > 1980, 7 billion now, and forecast to be about 10 billion by 2050.  We   
   > may be able to cope, just, in 2050.  Beyond that, we will have got   
   > beyond any massive increases in agricultural productivity, and the   
   > inevitable consequence is that we'll experience unconquerable mass   
   > famines and deaths.   
   >   
   > All animal populations throughout history have gone the same way.   
   > They expand and expand until they outrun their resources and then   
   > they suffer massive and sudden population decline through death and   
   > disease.  Humans are no different.  They will go the same way unless   
   > and until there is a pretty immediate global curb on breeding, of   
   > which there is no sign or any likelihood.   
   >   
   > Sorry, but life as we know it is doomed, and sooner than you think.   
   >   
      
   Blah Blah Blah...More fiddle wanting others to carry the water.   
      
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