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Have we overshot the world's carrying capacity?

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Blue Peter

Joined: 21 Mar 2005
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Posted: Tue Sep 20, 05 12:25 pm Post subject: Have we overshot the world's carrying capacity?

Article wrote:

What to do in a failing civilization
by David M. Delaney

Can global civilization adapt successfully to degradation of the biosphere and depletion of fossil fuels? I argue that it cannot.

https://energybulletin.net/8990.html

A rather depressing read.

Peter.

Jonnyboy

Joined: 29 Oct 2004
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Location: under some rain.

Posted: Tue Sep 20, 05 12:32 pm Post subject:
It certainly it. I kept humming 'eat the rich' whilst reading it.

ele

Joined: 05 Sep 2005
Posts: 814
Location: Derby

Posted: Tue Sep 20, 05 12:50 pm Post subject:
It's a bit old, but this article might provide a little bit of an antidote to all the dooming. https://www.monbiot.com/archives/2004/05/15/just-fade-away/

Andy B

Joined: 12 Jan 2005
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Location: Brum

Posted: Tue Sep 20, 05 12:52 pm Post subject:
It is looking pretty bad, but then in a society that pays sportspeople mases of money, but doesn't seem to value teachers, nurses and other such people who do worthy jobs, what can we expect. It might not be a bad thing in the long run, whats left might just have learnt from the mistakes and do a" better "job.

Andy B

Joined: 12 Jan 2005
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Location: Brum

Posted: Tue Sep 20, 05 12:54 pm Post subject:

ele wrote:

It's a bit old, but this article might provide a little bit of an antidote to all the dooming.

https://www.monbiot.com/archives/2004/05/15/just-fade-away/

We have some of them over here, we call them football fans

Jonnyboy

Joined: 29 Oct 2004
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Posted: Tue Sep 20, 05 1:00 pm Post subject:

ele wrote:

It's a bit old, but this article might provide a little bit of an antidote to all the dooming.

https://www.monbiot.com/archives/2004/05/15/just-fade-away/

You know, it wouldn't take much for eugenics to be popular again,

there are plenty of groups dancing around the ideal.

Blue Peter

Joined: 21 Mar 2005
Posts: 2400
Location: Milton Keynes

Posted: Tue Sep 20, 05 1:02 pm Post subject:

ele wrote:

It's a bit old, but this article might provide a little bit of an antidote to all the dooming.

https://www.monbiot.com/archives/2004/05/15/just-fade-away/

Yes, though unfortunately, I don't think that that scenario will happen soon enough to save us from the alternative,

Peter.

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