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Dead_Parrot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-08-06 09:03 PM Original message |
Earth is too crowded for Utopia |
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marmar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-08-06 09:06 PM Response to Original message |
1. Humankind...steamrolling toward its own demise... |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-08-06 09:06 PM Response to Original message |
2. HIV will take care of much of the population |
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Massacure (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-08-06 10:20 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. HIV can be prevented. Bird Flu cannot. |
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HysteryDiagnosis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-08-06 10:10 PM Response to Original message |
3. Humans burn fossil fuels..... sort of.... 25,000 btu's by some estimate |
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filthyrichkleptocrat (61 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-08-06 10:29 PM Response to Original message |
5. The Malthusians just can't shake that doomy gloomy think! |
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Dead_Parrot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-08-06 10:36 PM Response to Reply #5 |
6. Eh? |
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filthyrichkleptocrat (61 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-08-06 10:45 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. This bioshere has been supporting life for almost 4 billion years. |
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Massacure (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-08-06 10:48 PM Response to Reply #7 |
8. Humans don't collapse the biosphere. The biosphere collapses the human |
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filthyrichkleptocrat (61 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-09-06 12:06 AM Response to Reply #8 |
11. The climate will remain unstable, as it always has. |
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Dead_Parrot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-08-06 10:54 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. I wouldn't call 90%+ extinction rates... |
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Boomer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-09-06 07:44 PM Response to Reply #9 |
12. We're new kids on the block |
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Dead_Parrot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-09-06 08:35 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. Some interesting points... |
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Hope springs eternal (213 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-11-06 10:24 PM Response to Reply #13 |
18. I totally disagree |
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Dead_Parrot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-12-06 01:20 AM Response to Reply #18 |
19. You missed my point |
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blindpig (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-10-06 08:13 AM Response to Reply #12 |
14. An excess of adaptability? |
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Boomer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-10-06 05:25 PM Response to Reply #14 |
15. We are now incredibly vulnerable to disaster |
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phantom power (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-10-06 05:29 PM Response to Reply #15 |
16. On the other hand... |
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Grover_Cleveland (89 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-15-06 05:28 PM Response to Reply #6 |
21. Pollution goes down as a country becomes richer. |
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Grover_Cleveland (89 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-15-06 05:54 PM Response to Reply #5 |
22. Anyone can be wrong in making a prediction. |
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ladjf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-08-06 11:21 PM Response to Original message |
10. And the human race is too stupid. |
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opihimoimoi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-11-06 12:35 AM Response to Reply #10 |
17. We see IT Coming But Cling to DENIAL////arrogant denial///self interest |
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Grover_Cleveland (89 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-15-06 05:21 PM Response to Original message |
20. Utopia is not possible. |
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blindpig (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-16-06 08:56 AM Response to Reply #20 |
24. "There are enough physical resources....." |
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Grover_Cleveland (89 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-15-06 06:01 PM Response to Original message |
23. Japan's population got smaller last year. |
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