XPost: alt.politics.scorched-earth, uk.politics.misc, uk.legal   
   XPost: alt.politics.uk   
   From: burfordTjustice@tues.uk   
      
   On Fri, 12 May 2017 15:44:30 +0100   
   Norman Wells  wrote:   
      
   > 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.   
   >   
   muslims are killing off a lot and opening land up for growth..   
   Africa has a lot of open land...and the african Muslims are freeing   
   up more every day.   
      
   If you are really concerned (good money bets NOT) you can gather yours   
   and do a mass suicide to free up some air, water and land.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)