XPost: alt.politics.scorched-earth, uk.politics.misc, uk.legal   
   XPost: alt.politics.uk   
   From: hex@unseen.ac.am   
      
   On 10/05/2017 20:33, Byker 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.   
   >   
   > That's what we were hearing 40 years ago. It seems that The End is   
   > always JUST around the corner...   
      
   World population then was under 5 billion.  It's now over 7 biilion.  It   
   will be over 10 billion by 2050.  It's growing by 50% every 40 years.   
      
   Where do *you* think we're going to find 50% more cultivable land to   
   feed us all by 2050?  And where will another 50% come from by 2090?   
   There are real limits and we're rapidly approaching them.   
      
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