17-04-2009, 08:27 AM
(This post was last modified: 17-04-2009, 08:30 AM by Peter Lemkin.)
Without going into the details or the calculations, if the current world population of about 6.7 Billion were to consume at American levels we would need 5-6 Earths in order to supply the resources, energy and handle the waste. In case you didn't notice, we have only one Earth, and to add injury to insult the population will reach at minimum 9.5 billion and perhaps as much as 12. Most Environental Scientists that I trust calculate the carrying capacity for humans on Gaia is only one billion. The time factor we have to correct all this is likely in the range of 25-30 years to make a gigantic start and 50-100 years to turn this all around or go the way of the dinosaurs............:trytofly: [so the political poo is not the only deep doo we are in!!!]
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"Civil disobedience is not our problem. Our problem is civil obedience! People are obedient in the face of poverty, starvation, stupidity, war, and cruelty. Our problem is that grand thieves are running the country. That's our problem!" - Howard Zinn
"If there is no struggle there is no progress. Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and never will" - Frederick Douglass
"Civil disobedience is not our problem. Our problem is civil obedience! People are obedient in the face of poverty, starvation, stupidity, war, and cruelty. Our problem is that grand thieves are running the country. That's our problem!" - Howard Zinn
"If there is no struggle there is no progress. Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and never will" - Frederick Douglass