Looking for an article: Human extinction in 100 years...

[Bennyboy]

Saw it here over the weekend and cannot seem to find it even though I have mad search skillzzz...

By a scientist or something?

Thanks..

[NC_Nurse]

1. It was one of the scientists who eradicated smallpox. I remember reading it...

I'll see if I can find it too.

[NC_Nurse]

3. here it is:

http://www.deccanchronicle.com/health/scientist-predicts-human-extinction-100-yrs-018

[sakabatou]

2. I think this is it

http://dc.indymedia.org/newswire/display/114245/index.php

[pitohui]

4. was it really a pseudo-science thing? all that gaia nonsense?

a few breeder pairs of humans left circling around the poles?

that one? he's sort of a scientist but, well, he's gone off the rails somewhere...james lovelock it would be if it's him...

[Oregone]

7. Frank Fenner

"He has claimed that the human race will be unable to survive a population explosion and 'unbridled consumption.’"

Doesn't sound kookish at all.

The earth is already at a tipping point. Modern human economies demand that the consumer class grows larger, and production increases; the cost of this production is mass pollution, driven by green energy or not. The more people there are who can afford the goods, the bigger damage the environment feels while resources are being scoured for. Fresh water that isn't contaminated will be the key, and as it dwindles, chaos can ensure (biologically and politically)

[Warpy]

11. We're not going to survive in our present form

which means long lived creatures who overbreed and overconsume.

HIV is likely to reduce the human lifespan as it becomes endemic and degradation of the environment means we will no longer have the means to control it in infected people. People will be born, mature, breed, and die, leaving children to raise children. While we'll still make our tools and be adept at survival, that survival is likely to be quite basic.

It's all likely to be quite gradual, of course, but barring another supervolcano followed by an asteroid collision, humanity is likely to survive in a diminished form.

[qazplm]

12. and yet

millions of humans would still survive.

We are omnivores who can do more to mitigate environmental factors than any species.

Why would we go extinct before the vast majority of other species?

[Oregone]

14. "Why would we go extinct before"

Read the article. Humans weren't an exception. Many species will go under. The mighty cockroach might make it.

"We are omnivores who can do more to mitigate environmental factors than any species."

Not when freshwater untainted by lead, cadmium, mercury, etc, is in short demand from over production to keep pace with the rapidly growing population.

Water is the big wild card here, and production at these levels threaten it. Imagine if production doubled to meet the demands of third world nations rising out of poverty

[Oregone]

5. DU Link:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=389&topic_id=8592442

[hlthe2b]

6. Well, in my most negative moments, it is hard not to agree

that this is at least possible... Seeing what we've done to our environment, it must be hard for those with kids and grandkids...(then again plenty with kids and grandkids are oblivous to the problems and exacerbating the damange)

[damntexdem]

8. Why read something from such an optimist?

I mean, human survival for another century? Come on!

;-)

[Bennyboy]

9. Awesomew tto everyone...Thanks a lot..

Sometimes I just cannot seem to find stuff. Thanks..Got an argument going (Oh REALLY?!?!?!) and mentioned the article...

[RKP5637]

10. Glad you asked for this link which posters gave. I think it's a foreseen

conclusion unless humans change their behavior drastically. IMO it's not much of an extrapolation to go from where we are now and out about 100 years and see things just are not going to work. IMO survival the fittest hardwired into humans drives greed. And we see what that gets us.

If you've not seen Gasland, aired recently on HBO, it's not hard to see where humans are headed. If we don't tear each other apart, we will certainly poison each other off the earth.

[Cal33]

13. I just googled "Human extinction in 100 years." There are

over 400,000 articles under that title! :o)