Well I won't be I don't think.Will things really get better as the politicians keep promising us or are we doomed by our own progress and exploitation of the Earth's limited resources? Will we last for another 1000 years and end up as pulsating brains inside a glass bowl as portrayed on Star Trek or will some natural or unnatural disaster befall us? And if so, what? I saw a TV program with a panel of experts discussing this very subject and they came to the conclusion that our biggest danger is running out of fresh water. But there are other possibilities like nuclear war, disease pandemic, biological or genetic contamination, collision with a comet or asteroid, a super volcano, or invasion by aliens. Where do you think we will be in 1000 years or wont we be here?
Or we could evolve into another species. A more likely scenario is we will gain the ability to manipulate our genetics to create GMH (genetically modified humans) and thus leap-frog evolution. Whether that will result in an improvement or be a disaster is anyone's guess, but I suspect the latter.<snip>
Ultimately our species will die out, one way or another, <snip>
But there are other possibilities like nuclear war, disease pandemic, biological or genetic contamination, collision with a comet or asteroid, a super volcano, or invasion by aliens.
And spontaneous combustion from excess consumption of Big Macs and chicken nuggets.You missed out Gamma Ray Burst!
Will things really get better as the politicians keep promising us or are we doomed by our own progress and exploitation of the Earth's limited resources? Will we last for another 1000 years and end up as pulsating brains inside a glass bowl as portrayed on Star Trek or will some natural or unnatural disaster befall us? And if so, what? I saw a TV program with a panel of experts discussing this very subject and they came to the conclusion that our biggest danger is running out of fresh water. But there are other possibilities like nuclear war, disease pandemic, biological or genetic contamination, collision with a comet or asteroid, a super volcano, or invasion by aliens. Where do you think we will be in 1000 years or wont we be here?
Spot on, we wont miss it until people die from something catastrophic. The truth is that this is happening all of the time with tornados, earthquakes and the like but this is just accepted as the norm. For me Mother nature isn't happy and this is her protest. This all comes down to capitalism, if people cannot make money out of things they wont take it seriously. Take renewable energy being a perfect example, why use wind and solar when digging up the planet for money will do.Exponential population growth, finite fresh water resource, habitat destruction, climate change, desertification, rising sea levels, deforestation, finite fossil fuel resource, lack of commitment to renewable technology, increased consumption per capita globally - oh yeah, and the sun is due to die in 5 billion years time.
Who needs clean air to breath, clean affordable water to drink and affordable food?
Nobody gives a gnats chuff about the environment - but we will miss it when it's gone.
Does that answer the question?
Nb: I work in the environment sector
and at least the Wasps leased will have expired by thenI think in 1,000 years time SISU may just be having the appeal against Judicial Review 499 heard my the court of Zog.
As resources become scarcer and scarcer they will cost more and more and the incentives will increase to find alternatives, but if food and water becomes scarce or all the world's food and/or water becomes polluted (it pretty much is already), there could be a mass die-off and a reduction in fertility. At these levels of scarcity and desperation, there will be a temptation for nations to simply grab the resources of other nations.It won't be war, it will be lack of reources and lack of adaptation to a changing climate. Humans live by short political and social life cycles - the environment does not work like that.
We have less children now (global trend due to cultural and social change) but use more resources to maintain our lifestyle. This is not sustainable.
Everyone wants a sustainable environment, but no-one wants to pay for, or more importantly, commit it (sustainable living costs less in the long run as you don't have keep fixing if you get it right in the first place). If economic growth remains the key driver then nothing will halt the decline in our natural resources.
Sometimes I wish I didn't work in this sector as the evidence is irrefutable and it frustrates me to say the least . The world will never learn as national and political self interest will always hold sway.
One day it will be too late
Dunno, but I bet we are still in League 1 or its equivalent.
<snip> encourage people to get along with each other.
Very true. I'm sure when there are only two men left on Earth and all the rest have died off, they will fight over something ..."If the world was full of identical twins it would still divide into two factions at war with each other" [Jonathan King, circa 1981]
Very true. I'm sure when there are only two men left on Earth and all the rest have died off, they will fight over something ...
Absolutely spot and chief of all these things without doubt is the growth in human population to the detriment of all other species and resources.Exponential population growth, finite fresh water resource, habitat destruction, climate change, desertification, rising sea levels, deforestation, finite fossil fuel resource, lack of commitment to renewable technology, increased consumption per capita globally - oh yeah, and the sun is due to die in 5 billion years time.
Who needs clean air to breath, clean affordable water to drink and affordable food?
Nobody gives a gnats chuff about the environment - but we will miss it when it's gone.
Does that answer the question?
Nb: I work in the environment sector
and at least the Wasps leased will have expired by then
The problem is the World's economies are driven by growth, and growth is not sustainable. More people means more demand for goods and services, and this is what a capitalist economy thrives on. We would need to rethink our entire economic model in order to halt and reverse this trend. I cannot envision this ever happening because there are too many rich and powerful people (and nations) benefiting from the status quo.Absolutely spot and chief of all these things without doubt is the growth in human population to the detriment of all other species and resources.
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