Overpopulation. Resources running out. What do we do about these things?
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We need another world war or an awful disease to thin the numbers out a bit.
Time to attack USA!
Time to attack USA!
That's not a very informed view of the Middle East/North Africa or of Islam. They have what's still considered the world's most precious resource, Texas T. And they don't get any of the money for it because the western nations' murderous oil companies give it all to the royals.warhammerfrog said:
I live in Texas, where we have deserts and F'd up religion aplenty, so your logic doesn't follow.
Your very gullible bones. Ioxles, I strongly urge you to be more critical in your reading. The various links that you have provided are fraught with political attacks, speculative nonsense, and a lot of dreamy dreams. All are warning signs against using them as information sources. They prove nothing beyond your willingness to accept rosy ideas as established processes. I strongly suggest you do some research on vetting sources of information.ioxles said:
For example; It's true that rainwater generally starts out as drinkable water. However, there are also industrial emissions, and shoddily constructed ponds of fracking fluid (containing diesel fuel, radium, and some other interesting things) that are going into our air and water. This is being done "legally", right now, in the United States. Bioaccumulation - its so much fun that you are doing it right now.
Another example: I'm sure you could fit 6 billion people into an area the size of Texas. But why would you want to? Texas can be an inhospitable place. The people there are generally friendly, but I attribute that to sunstroke. Who's going to pay airfare for the 4 billion asian people to get there? I think the people who live in Myanmar would like to relocate to Texas right now, so long as you're buying?
No? Well, would you mind sending about 500,000 hamburgers to them instead? Yes, sure, there is plenty of WAFLE for everyone, but the people who are starving right now don't particularly care what you call it. They'd like to eat.
Here's a fun fact; the Native Americans thought that the Pilgrims were nuts. The Pilgrims were sick a lot. They didn't seem to know that the local rivers flowed inland from the ocean. So when they dug their wells, they kept getting brackish water.
Technology is a great thing - if anyone actually APPLIES it. Application requires that someone takes the initiative. For companies, that means that there should be a profit involved somewhere. The video of getting oil from plastic is pretty neat - but it takes energy to melt those plastics. A lot more energy than you can recover in the resultant hydrocarbons. [And that 'oil' is very different from Brent crude oil.] Governments could force these applications of technology - but they'd rather get the easy money from oil and mining industries, and then squander that. So the number of entities willing and able to apply any of these population-preserving technologies is going to be vanishingly small. Like right now.
What would I do about overpopulation? Not much I can do. I can't even prevent my own government from doing 'damn fool' things. But I'll keep trying.
Government bans sex, Everyone starts to kill each other for resources, or The World Governments decide to kill 'inferior' people to help save resource. Or at least thats what I think will happen.
Best case scenario, we move out into space and and the world becomes Gundam 0079.
Best case scenario, we move out into space and and the world becomes Gundam 0079.
First of all, how are we going to enforce this? Abortion was illegal and they used coat hangers; the same applies for the opposite.Kheapathic said:
Also, I spent 2 years in college after leaving a job where I made nearly $16 an hour. I've been told time and time again that without experience prospective employers won't hire me. Now I'm being told that the period of time since I graduated is an issue. The longer it takes me to get my career started, the harder it becomes. And I can't walk into a Chili's or a Starbucks and get a job, since I'm overqualified at this point. I don't know if you got through school on your parents' dime or were just more fortunate than people in my position, but you should keep your ignorant, hateful comments about people in my situation to yourself.
I totally agree about the piss test, though. No weed for you, no weed for me.
Nothing, we just hit the carrying capacity of the Earth and ride that sine wave into the future.
and if you take resources from the past, they won't exist in the future. Good thinking.bleachigo10 said:
I bolded the parts that I thought were hateful. And, as I said regarding the piss test, I'm all for getting rid of the leeches.Kheapathic said:
I would literally want to kill myself if I thought I'd spend the rest of my life working at a Walmart warehouse. Once I get a year or 2 under my belt as a Surgical Tech, I know I won't regret the decision. I wouldn't call it foolish at all.
We could just kill everyone without a job (not at a university or under 18). It wouldn't be immoral, though. We'd use every part of the humans we kill. Useful to have a lot of fresh corpses on hand to teach art, research medicine, transplant to more valuable people, etc.
If people start getting motivated to get jobs, we might need to think up other methods of deciding who to kill, though.
If people start getting motivated to get jobs, we might need to think up other methods of deciding who to kill, though.
On the subject of sustainable resources, 98.5 per cent of Norway's electricity is generated using wind or water.
That's because Norway uses its wealth from exporting its natural resources to fund development of its transport infrastructure, hospitals and health care -- and its vast clean energy facilities.
Worryingly, at a recent energy conference hosted by German carmaker Audi, it held up Norway and China as the best and worst examples for CO2 emissions from coal fired power stations. According to Audi's data, just 1.5 per cent of Norway's energy comes from coal fired power staions, compared to 77 per cent for China.
That's because Norway uses its wealth from exporting its natural resources to fund development of its transport infrastructure, hospitals and health care -- and its vast clean energy facilities.
Worryingly, at a recent energy conference hosted by German carmaker Audi, it held up Norway and China as the best and worst examples for CO2 emissions from coal fired power stations. According to Audi's data, just 1.5 per cent of Norway's energy comes from coal fired power staions, compared to 77 per cent for China.
I'm very glad this topic came up as I've been thinking about this for quite a while now. The answer is quite simple. Anyone who attends or watches professional wrestling gets singled out for what I like to call "Expedited Natural Selection". I'm considering adding Larry The Cable Guy fans and televangelists to that list as well. Anyone got other suggestions?
this is going to make me sound like a prick but what if we had a test at the end of year 12 to determine how an individual will contribute to society,if the person turns out to be a dick (like most people i know) then they die, if they don't then they live, also kill anyone who has a life sentence, they aren't going to do anything with their lives if they're stuck in a prison cell...
