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Stephen Hawking says humans must flee Earth within century
On 5/10/2017 10:35 AM, Norman Wells wrote:
All animal populations throughout history have gone the same way. They expand and expand until they outrun their resources and then they suffer massive and sudden population decline through death and disease. Humans are no different. They will go the same way unless and until there is a pretty immediate global curb on breeding, of which there is no sign or any likelihood. Sorry, but life as we know it is doomed, and sooner than you think. One question I have, is it going to be catastrophic or phased in? There may be a weather related catastrophe, volcanic, earthquake, or human started nuclear wipe out of millions, maybe billions of people. Next, will it happen next week, next year, or in two centuries. I think it will happen. Natural resources will eventually be drained too. |
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Stephen Hawking says humans must flee Earth within century
On 2017-05-11, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
Natural resources will eventually be drained too. The sun will eventually run out of hydrogen, expand, and burn the earth to a cinder too. -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Roger Blake (Posts from Google Groups killfiled due to excess spam.) NSA sedition and treason -- http://www.DeathToNSAthugs.com Don't talk to cops! -- http://www.DontTalkToCops.com Badges don't grant extra rights -- http://www.CopBlock.org ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
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Stephen Hawking says humans must flee Earth within century
"Ed Pawlowski" wrote in message ...
On 5/10/2017 10:35 AM, Norman Wells wrote: All animal populations throughout history have gone the same way. They expand and expand until they outrun their resources and then they suffer massive and sudden population decline through death and disease. Humans are no different. They will go the same way unless and until there is a pretty immediate global curb on breeding, of which there is no sign or any likelihood. Sorry, but life as we know it is doomed, and sooner than you think. One question I have, is it going to be catastrophic or phased in? There may be a weather related catastrophe, volcanic, earthquake, or human started nuclear wipe out of millions, maybe billions of people. Next, will it happen next week, next year, or in two centuries. I think it will happen. Natural resources will eventually be drained too. == Whenever and whatever, we don't be here to see it ... I hope!!! -- http://www.helpforheroes.org.uk |
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Stephen Hawking says humans must flee Earth within century
On 11/05/2017 01:31, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
On 5/10/2017 10:35 AM, Norman Wells wrote: All animal populations throughout history have gone the same way. They expand and expand until they outrun their resources and then they suffer massive and sudden population decline through death and disease. Humans are no different. They will go the same way unless and until there is a pretty immediate global curb on breeding, of which there is no sign or any likelihood. Sorry, but life as we know it is doomed, and sooner than you think. One question I have, is it going to be catastrophic or phased in? There may be a weather related catastrophe, volcanic, earthquake, or human started nuclear wipe out of millions, maybe billions of people. Next, will it happen next week, next year, or in two centuries. I think it will happen. Natural resources will eventually be drained too. When populations begin to exceed supply, you get shortages and price hikes. At first these will be coincident with poor harvests. In poor countries, like Ethiopia, that will lead to local malnutrition and deaths from associated disease. As it gets worse, you will get people dying of hunger. The world will be inadequately compassionate and supply some aid but that will not turn back the tide. As world populations grow further there will be more 'bad harvests' because even average ones will no longer be enough. Those countries that produce a surplus will sell their excess to those in other countries that can afford to buy them. As more and more countries cannot produce enough to feed their ever-increasing populations, supplies to other countries in trouble will of course diminish further. There will be protectionism. Countries that can produce enough for themselves will keep their food for themselves and will not share it. And people elsewhere will starve. We in Britain will be in trouble then because, although we're rich, money can't buy food from those who are starving themselves. And we can produce here only enough to feed 50-60% of the current population. So, keep an eye on the world population, see famines anywhere as just the start, worry about reports of poor harvests anywhere, and see price rises in the shops as an early indicator of things to come. As for time scale, that's the curse of all futurologists. We'll be OK for a bit, but can we support a world population increase from 7 billion at the moment to over 10 billion by 2050? That's for you to decide, but you'd better have a pretty good idea of where an extra 50% of cultivable land is going to come from if you say yes. And then some after that as populations expand even further. Sorry to be so gloomy on a lovely Thursday morning, but it's inevitable. |
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Stephen Hawking says humans must flee Earth within century
"Ed Pawlowski" wrote in message ... On 5/10/2017 10:35 AM, Norman Wells wrote: All animal populations throughout history have gone the same way. They expand and expand until they outrun their resources and then they suffer massive and sudden population decline through death and disease. Humans are no different. They will go the same way unless and until there is a pretty immediate global curb on breeding, of which there is no sign or any likelihood. Sorry, but life as we know it is doomed, and sooner than you think. One question I have, is it going to be catastrophic or phased in? There may be a weather related catastrophe, volcanic, earthquake, or human started nuclear wipe out of millions, maybe billions of people. Next, will it happen next week, next year, or in two centuries. I think it will happen. Natural resources will eventually be drained too. The laws of supply and demand will restrict population growth (or reductions) as that happens. Once we get to the maximum population that can be sustained by the rest of the world's food supply people will die of starvation to keep the population in check whether it is desirable to reach a state where X% of the world's land is used for housing the population whilst 100-X% is simply used to grow food to feed them is another matter tim |
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Stephen Hawking says humans must flee Earth within century
"Norman Wells" wrote in message ... On 11/05/2017 01:31, Ed Pawlowski wrote: On 5/10/2017 10:35 AM, Norman Wells wrote: All animal populations throughout history have gone the same way. They expand and expand until they outrun their resources and then they suffer massive and sudden population decline through death and disease. Humans are no different. They will go the same way unless and until there is a pretty immediate global curb on breeding, of which there is no sign or any likelihood. Sorry, but life as we know it is doomed, and sooner than you think. One question I have, is it going to be catastrophic or phased in? There may be a weather related catastrophe, volcanic, earthquake, or human started nuclear wipe out of millions, maybe billions of people. Next, will it happen next week, next year, or in two centuries. I think it will happen. Natural resources will eventually be drained too. When populations begin to exceed supply, you get shortages and price hikes. At first these will be coincident with poor harvests. In poor countries, like Ethiopia, that will lead to local malnutrition and deaths from associated disease. As it gets worse, you will get people dying of hunger. The world will be inadequately compassionate and supply some aid but that will not turn back the tide. As world populations grow further there will be more 'bad harvests' because even average ones will no longer be enough. Those countries that produce a surplus will sell their excess to those in other countries that can afford to buy them. As more and more countries cannot produce enough to feed their ever-increasing populations, supplies to other countries in trouble will of course diminish further. There will be protectionism. Countries that can produce enough for themselves will keep their food for themselves and will not share it. And people elsewhere will starve. We in Britain will be in trouble then because, although we're rich, money can't buy food from those who are starving themselves. That theory worked well in stopping the Irish starving in 1850, didn't it Oh wait a minute tim |
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