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Post by Cela on Dec 11, 2011 16:01:33 GMT -5
Time for a new plague. There are too many of us. THAT'S POSITIVE THINKING! Except it would probably kill off the less developed populations that use only a small fraction of resources anyhow, so... problem still on. |
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Post by willywonka666 on Dec 11, 2011 16:08:53 GMT -5
Electric cars are what's gonna f*** us up-it'll be worse crisis using a lot of electricity to charge them than we ever had with oil You cannot be serious. There are plenty of ways to produce electricity that are pollution free. Heck, even if we still used fossil fuels to produce electricity we can be greener and more efficient than we are using them in cars. The cost is what will haunt us. They set up a test market last year in either North or South Carolina and the transformers weren't big enough to handle power for homes AND cars. There's people now that are afraid to turn up the heat in the winter. This will really freak people out when it comes to energy |
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Post by Mr Snrub on Dec 11, 2011 16:09:38 GMT -5
But you get your choice of topping! That's good!! The toppings contain potassium benzoate  [/quote] Thats bad |
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Post by sryans on Dec 11, 2011 16:09:59 GMT -5
Time for a new plague..... or a huge regional high intensity conflict or even another world war Those to are really awesome things to wish for. Stay classy, guys. |
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Post by walsh7637 on Dec 11, 2011 16:14:14 GMT -5
Isn't there a super reserve somewhere in Montana that's never been tapped, that could presumably and completely eliminate America's reliance on foreign oil?
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Post by Cela on Dec 11, 2011 16:38:06 GMT -5
Isn't there a super reserve somewhere in Montana that's never been tapped, that could presumably and completely eliminate America's reliance on foreign oil? Sounds like this en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prester_John |
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Post by BRV on Dec 11, 2011 16:45:58 GMT -5
Considering I don't plan to be around in 41 years, this is not my problem. Suck it, future!
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Post by willywonka666 on Dec 11, 2011 16:50:43 GMT -5
Considering I don't plan to be around in 41 years, this is not my problem. Suck it, future! Oh it will. It will. |
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Post by "The Bantam" Rob Boss on Dec 11, 2011 17:06:31 GMT -5
Right, that's it, I'm taking my chances in outer space.
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Post by Mighty Attack Tribble on Dec 11, 2011 17:12:52 GMT -5
Almost double the number of deaths caused by smoking than there are deaths caused by alcohol. Somewhat gratifying.
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Post by erisi236 on Dec 11, 2011 17:30:31 GMT -5
Declining birthrates will do more to fix all the Worlds problems then wars or plagues ever will.
Yeah, there's 7 billion people running around and it'll probably get pushed up to 9 billion, but after that all the demographics show there's no where but down to go after that.
Humanity will find it's level, and bring forth a more glorious future then we can possibly imagine.
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Post by willywonka666 on Dec 11, 2011 17:39:35 GMT -5
Almost double the number of deaths caused by smoking than there are deaths caused by alcohol. Somewhat gratifying. They will NEVER do anything about alcohol, even if it trumped smoking deaths by miles |
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Post by YAKMAN is ICHIBAN on Dec 11, 2011 18:02:11 GMT -5
Almost double the number of deaths caused by smoking than there are deaths caused by alcohol. Somewhat gratifying. They will NEVER do anything about alcohol, even if it trumped smoking deaths by miles I don't know who they are, but they can pry my beer out of my cold dead hands. |
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Post by Legion on Dec 11, 2011 18:15:29 GMT -5
Time for a new plague. There are too many of us. THAT'S POSITIVE THINKING! Except it would probably kill off the less developed populations that use only a small fraction of resources anyhow, so... problem still on. Depends. While a pandemic would effect the poor and those already living in abject squalor, a real pandemic would be something that would hit all countries the world over. Over populated areas would be most hard hit, urban cities and places like that. What would be most useful would be a disease that was either new, or a drug resistant strain of something that wouldnt just be curable by antibiotics and would simply go away with a general ebb and flow, like the plagues of the 14th, 17th, 19th and 20th century. They hard a massive culling effect on the entire world, while equally bringing about some measure of social change. While, granted, they likely also set us back in some ways, the postives far outweighed the bad. As a dominant species, it's totally ironic that we are supposedly so much better than all these animals, and yet it takes us so long to figure out when there is a problem and actually do something useful about it. |
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Post by Zaq "That Guy" Buzzkill on Dec 11, 2011 18:19:06 GMT -5
or a huge regional high intensity conflict or even another world war If anything, A major global war would deplete our oil reserves faster. Wouldn't a world war just destroy the world with nukes? |
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Post by B.B.M on Dec 11, 2011 18:42:20 GMT -5
THAT'S POSITIVE THINKING! Except it would probably kill off the less developed populations that use only a small fraction of resources anyhow, so... problem still on. Depends. While a pandemic would effect the poor and those already living in abject squalor, a real pandemic would be something that would hit all countries the world over. Over populated areas would be most hard hit, urban cities and places like that. What would be most useful would be a disease that was either new, or a drug resistant strain of something that wouldnt just be curable by antibiotics and would simply go away with a general ebb and flow, like the plagues of the 14th, 17th, 19th and 20th century. They hard a massive culling effect on the entire world, while equally bringing about some measure of social change. While, granted, they likely also set us back in some ways, the postives far outweighed the bad. As a dominant species, it's totally ironic that we are supposedly so much better than all these animals, and yet it takes us so long to figure out when there is a problem and actually do something useful about it. ...You're a real bundle of joy, ain't you? |
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Post by Legion on Dec 11, 2011 18:44:35 GMT -5
Depends. While a pandemic would effect the poor and those already living in abject squalor, a real pandemic would be something that would hit all countries the world over. Over populated areas would be most hard hit, urban cities and places like that. What would be most useful would be a disease that was either new, or a drug resistant strain of something that wouldnt just be curable by antibiotics and would simply go away with a general ebb and flow, like the plagues of the 14th, 17th, 19th and 20th century. They hard a massive culling effect on the entire world, while equally bringing about some measure of social change. While, granted, they likely also set us back in some ways, the postives far outweighed the bad. As a dominant species, it's totally ironic that we are supposedly so much better than all these animals, and yet it takes us so long to figure out when there is a problem and actually do something useful about it. ...You're a real bundle of joy, ain't you? Just practical. The planet cannot sustain this many people living the way we do. Either we all change or no one does. Whatever you believe, compassion aside, a plague would sort things out |
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Post by aka Cthulhu on Dec 11, 2011 19:57:18 GMT -5
...You're a real bundle of joy, ain't you? Just practical. The planet cannot sustain this many people living the way we do. Either we all change or no one does. Whatever you believe, compassion aside, a plague would sort things out To be honest, it hardly sounds practical. If a plague or a pandemic or whatever would wipe out a chunk of us, all it would do is to cut down the big numbers. Eventually, it would rise up again. More or less, we'll still have a lack of resources in several areas. Instead of a restart, it would seem more like a delay. Not to mention, any damage, any progress that we have right now would be halted by said plague. Again, it's not practical. Your scenario is a all or nothing move. Or it could be taking all the game pieces off a board. Something like that. I dunno. I lack sleep at the moment so I can't make a cool analogy. Sure, as a species we're a bit dumb. We're late to realize that we have problems - but at the very least we could think of solutions to make the world a better place. This is getting too idealistic of me, but if there was a plague later on, I'd believe that there would be people out there who'd try to fix it, save the lives of many. |
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Post by Rolent Tex on Dec 11, 2011 23:07:02 GMT -5
What I always couldn't figure out was that if Global Warming is brought on by too many sun rays getting kept locked in, why the hell don't we just go all out on solar power? Wouldn't that solve tons of problems including the oil issue. I mean, I know the main reasons why...but we won't get into that.
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Post by nickcave on Dec 12, 2011 12:06:12 GMT -5
That's pretty much assuming we find no new reserves, develop no new ways of better harvesting what we do have, develop new technologies to take the strain off, etc. etc. In other words, I wouldn't be surprised if they still had oil to use 141 years from now. This, my Geology professor who works with oil numbers and such every day says that we have nothing to worry about for quite awhile. We've barely tapped the surface when it comes to reserves and such and they're developing easier and less harmful ways to extract the hard to get stuff that was previously unattainable. |
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