What happens when we run out of natural resources?

[FoBoT]

Originally posted by: Staples
Desalination plants work fine for purifing sea water. My mom is crazy, she thinks we are going to invade Canada when we run out of water because they have lots of rivers.

they have a huge lake, i think

The Mackenzie River is Canada's longest river and the 3rd largest in the world, behind the Amazon and the Missouri-Mississippi. Manitoulin Island, in Lake Huron, is the largest freshwater island in the world.

Great Bear Lake is the largest lake in Canada and the fourth largest in the Americas. Only Lakes Superior, Huron, and Michigan are larger. Great Bear Lake covers 12,096 square miles (31,328 square kilometers) in the Northwest Territories. The lake spreads across parts of two of Canada's major land regions, the Canadian Shield and the northern Interior Plains. Part of the lake also lies within the Arctic Circle. Ice covers the lake for about three-fourths of the year. The lake's Dease Arm and McTavish Arm extend north into the tundra, which is a dry, cold, treeless region. Forests of small trees line the shores of the rest of Great Bear Lake. The Great Bear River drains the lake into the Mackenzie River and becomes part of Canada's longest navigable river system.

 

[IGBT]

Yep...your right. Ever escalating population negates all conservation efforts. EnviroWacko's have been looking at the wrong end of the problem from the getgo.

 

[Siddhartha]

Originally posted by: Stojakapimp
water never goes away. We have the same amount of water now as we did billions of years ago.

There should be more water available because of the melting ice packs. The populations of trees and other kinds of plants should increase because of the increase availability of water and Carbon Dioxide. If I remember correctly, water and Carbon Dioxide are the factors limiting the growth of non-aquatic plants.

Having available potable water and clean air are political decisions. It costs money to have good water so the choice probably will come down to building two or three bombers or have a good clean water supply.

There are other sources of energy, solar, coal, propane, etc As oil becomes scarcer it will become more expensive which will encourage the use of different energy sources. Also technology will improve the efficiency of these other sources.

 

[heartsurgeon]

turn to bottled water...

 

[thedarkwolf]

I will crush my enemies literally and live off the body's juices

 

[CraigRT]

Originally posted by: thedarkwolf
I will crush my enemies literally and live off the body's juices

lmao
so disgusting

 

[Dacalo]

Game over man! Game over!