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Originally Posted by buddyzen
That is not my main point my main point is that we are destroying our only livable planet and if we do not do as drastic measures as that then our fate is inevidable .................... Even possibly in my lifetime.......................
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Very readable!
Your point is well taken. Back in the 60's, this guy Ehrlich wrote
I remember it stirring up a hornet's nest of controversy. There were those who felt we should do something about over-population and resource-consumption NOW, and others who screamed that Ehrlich was a psycho idiot who should be hanged. You will find a lot of food for thought in his book---he basically mirrored your concerns, and provided a lot of facts that you may not have.
It's been 40 years since I read it. But basically he predicted that there will come a partial extinction event in the late 20th Century. Mankind would "survive" of course, but the world in which we live would be totally different than the one we live in now, and quite barren by comparison.
Well, his disaster did NOT occur. And nobody did anything about his warnings. Nobody even wanted to think about it. And by the 70's everybody had forgotten Ehrlich and his book.
More interesting facts about Ehrlich's warnings
here.
Here's a fascinating
critique of Ehrlich's book that rips it to shreds.
Conclusion: we may in fact be in for some rough times ahead, but do NOT count on humanity just marching over the cliff like a bunch of lemmings. There will be disease and starvation (as always). There will be work-arounds, technical break-throughs and changes in civilization (as always). The future will be
neither Star Trek
nor Mad Max. As always, it will be something that nobody expected. I encourage you to go out there and work for a better world. Take on a cause. Good luck.
