05-26-2012, 10:38 PM
The thing is we are already well beyond what is a sustainable population indefinitely. Despite all the recycling, iron continues to rust, and plastic doesn't. There are quite a number of materials which have a very limited supply, and we have no way to replace those materials. We are like an unemployed person who has twenty thousand in the bank, but is spending a thousand a month just to keep his head above water saying, "well I have it covered for the foreseeable future!" It is like in science fiction, about every possible future was imagined, except for the one where we turn into a selfish coward and decide to support the status quo, neither going to the stars, nor annihilating ourselves (although there's still time 
) Despite our technology, we are no more able to predict the future than the Greeks were.
Dale
) Despite our technology, we are no more able to predict the future than the Greeks were.Dale
How long after picking up the brush, the first masterpiece?
The goal is not to obfuscate that which is clear, but make clear that which isn't.
The goal is not to obfuscate that which is clear, but make clear that which isn't.