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   From: burfordTjustice@tues.uk   
      
   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.   
   >   
      
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