05-20-2012, 01:52 PM
gives us a source sj, that sounds interesting.
of course a good infrastructure using rolling roads etc would see the end of cars as we know them and lots of other stuff could be done to cutback on resources. the use of bamboo etc. i read that there would be a tipping point where we no long expand as a race, i think it round the 10 billion mark. once we hit that amount it becomes a constant. but even so, that's a lot of people to house, cloth and feed. i think eventually we'll have two choices. one will come about by the reclamation of arid ground, (dust bowl of america, some of the worlds desert areas etc) and the use of modified crops. the other by the lack of the first options. then i think the soylent green scenario will be thought of as a way out of a growing food crises.
of course a good infrastructure using rolling roads etc would see the end of cars as we know them and lots of other stuff could be done to cutback on resources. the use of bamboo etc. i read that there would be a tipping point where we no long expand as a race, i think it round the 10 billion mark. once we hit that amount it becomes a constant. but even so, that's a lot of people to house, cloth and feed. i think eventually we'll have two choices. one will come about by the reclamation of arid ground, (dust bowl of america, some of the worlds desert areas etc) and the use of modified crops. the other by the lack of the first options. then i think the soylent green scenario will be thought of as a way out of a growing food crises.