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15. The renewable technologies we have now are more than adequate to power our world.

Fri Apr 6, 2012, 09:06 PM

Apr 2012

Spending money to build any more nuclear is just a diversion of resources that can be more effectively used with renewables technologies.

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If fossil fuel use caused our population to rise... [View all] GliderGuider Apr 2012 OP

Good question. My knee-jerk reaction is "Not necessarily." slackmaster Apr 2012 #1

It will. earthside Apr 2012 #2

Read the Smithsonian izquierdista Apr 2012 #3

Yes. GliderGuider Apr 2012 #5

I'd argue that that affects lifestyle more than population, though. Dead_Parrot Apr 2012 #9

If it had the opposite effect, we'd be seeing world population dropping. GliderGuider Apr 2012 #10

See my post down thread... Dead_Parrot Apr 2012 #11

Try to think of it this way. Work with me for a moment here.... wandy Apr 2012 #4

Nuclear CAN be the answer. izquierdista Apr 2012 #8

Read the article izquierdista Apr 2012 #18

We don't need any "real advances" kristopher Apr 2012 #23

Possibly. Dead_Parrot Apr 2012 #6

Of course FF drove agriculture to begin with GliderGuider Apr 2012 #13

Well, it certainly helped automate it... Dead_Parrot Apr 2012 #17

In a pre-industrial society XemaSab Apr 2012 #19

A thousand children? Dead_Parrot Apr 2012 #20

. XemaSab Apr 2012 #21

How do you account for population declines ... kristopher Apr 2012 #7