World resources will run out by 2050

[joe678]

Originally posted by: Red Dawn
Who cares. I'll either be dead or to fscking old to even notice. I say let's party while the partying is good.

hehe...same here...

 

[silverpig]

I'll be pushing 70 by then. I don't really have any big plans after that, and the rest of my life will probably just suck, so I don't really care.

 

[hans007]

what a load of crap.


the study is by the "world wildlife federation" this is the same reason we have the WWE for wrestling now btw.


so stupid. t hey say that the U.S kills tons of animals that can't be used again. first off lots of our food is grown, and we can live on nuclear power by the 2050 age. not to mention, that possibly only these endangered species are dying off.


i always figured endagered species were gonna die anyways. i mean, if they cant adapt like rats and pigeons obviously have, they arent fit to survive right?

 

[rgwalt]

Originally posted by: milagro

Originally posted by: rgwalt

Oh, and global warming is a farce.

HA! don't forget about gravity - total farce

If you examine the data being used to support global warming, you will find many problems. The earth has been warming since 1970 or so, but there is absolutely no evidence to support the idea that it is caused by man. The warming is a result of natural climate fluctuations. In fact, starting early in the century the planet was in a major cooling trend. That trend has reversed itself and the planet is warming back up. The moral of the story is that you can't make assumptions on climatic trends for a planet that is billions of years old when you only have 30 years of really good climate data. If you want to discuss this more, please PM me.

Ryan

 

[Red Dawn]

I'll be pushing 70 by then. I don't really have any big plans after that, and the rest of my life will probably just suck, so I don't really care.

By 2050 70 will be middle aged

 

[silverpig]

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I'll be pushing 70 by then. I don't really have any big plans after that, and the rest of my life will probably just suck, so I don't really care.

By 2050 70 will be middle aged"


Well, then me buying a sportscar will be justified by having the end of the world as my midlife crisis.

 

[XZeroII]

Originally posted by: Red Dawn

I'll be pushing 70 by then. I don't really have any big plans after that, and the rest of my life will probably just suck, so I don't really care.

By 2050 70 will be middle aged

Some of our founding fathers lived well into their 80's. Remember, by now we are supposed to be wearing space suits everywhere and living on the moon

 

[GermyBoy]

Just like world resources were going to run out in 1990, and by 2000 we would be living in a Jetson's work and not even need body parts anymore.

My a$$. Once again, Microsoft affiliations are full of BS.

 

[Scipionix]

Originally posted by: rgwalt If you examine the data being used to support global warming, you will find many problems. The earth has been warming since 1970 or so, but there is absolutely no evidence to support the idea that it is caused by man. The warming is a result of natural climate fluctuations. In fact, starting early in the century the planet was in a major cooling trend. That trend has reversed itself and the planet is warming back up. The moral of the story is that you can't make assumptions on climatic trends for a planet that is billions of years old when you only have 30 years of really good climate data. If you want to discuss this more, please PM me.

Not really. Yes, we have the Milankovich cycles, and yes climate varies naturally quite a bit. I think most of the rhetoric about global warming is BS, but just as it is ridiculous to say that you can be sure that human activity is causing global warming, it is almost as ridiculous to say that human activity is having no impact at all on the climate.

 

[JellyBaby]

But there IS a solution to most of these problems: more nuclear power!

I agree but let's not put Tim "The Toolman" Taylor in charge.

The "problem" of world resource depletion has been exaggerated in schools for decades now. Perhaps it's best to be on the safe side but I'm tired of all these scare tactics used for political agendas. Real issues, real facts please.

 

[Scipionix]

Originally posted by: JellyBaby

But there IS a solution to most of these problems: more nuclear power!

I agree but let's not put Tim "The Toolman" Taylor in charge.

The "problem" of world resource depletion has been exaggerated in schools for decades now. Perhaps it's best to be on the safe side but I'm tired of all these scare tactics used for political agendas. Real issues, real facts please.

Heh. Resource depletion cannot be a problem in a truly free marketplace. It's economics baby

 

[HombrePequeno]

Well we could always start mining asteroids or head off to Mars.

 

[fatbaby]

Originally posted by: HombrePequeno
Well we could always start mining asteroids or head off to Mars.

Err point?

My suggestion: Get a bunch of humans (criminals, bad people etc), place them inside a chamber filled with a liquid rich in nutrients, and hook up that chamber to something similar to that in solar cells (watch the matrix) so that the human body provides heat for steam to turn a turbine that produces electricity

 

[rgwalt]

Originally posted by: Scipionix

Originally posted by: rgwalt If you examine the data being used to support global warming, you will find many problems. The earth has been warming since 1970 or so, but there is absolutely no evidence to support the idea that it is caused by man. The warming is a result of natural climate fluctuations. In fact, starting early in the century the planet was in a major cooling trend. That trend has reversed itself and the planet is warming back up. The moral of the story is that you can't make assumptions on climatic trends for a planet that is billions of years old when you only have 30 years of really good climate data. If you want to discuss this more, please PM me.

Not really. Yes, we have the Milankovich cycles, and yes climate varies naturally quite a bit. I think most of the rhetoric about global warming is BS, but just as it is ridiculous to say that you can be sure that human activity is causing global warming, it is almost as ridiculous to say that human activity is having no impact at all on the climate.

I don't think we know either way whether or not our planet is warming up as a result of pollution caused by mankind. I think it will take many hundreds of years before the impact of industry on our planet's climate can be adequately modeled.

Ryan

 

[Scipionix]

Originally posted by: rgwalt

Originally posted by: Scipionix
I don't think we know either way whether or not our planet is warming up as a result of pollution caused by mankind. I think it will take many hundreds of years before the impact of industry on our planet's climate can be adequately modeled.

Ryan

Agreed. I was just trying to be a good scientist in my earlier post.

 

[RU482]

I'm firing up the riciprical saw right now to cut off the catalytic converters on all of my cars

 

[Amused]

I see the chicken littles are at it again.

 

[toant103]

i'll be dead by then

 

[rgwalt]

Originally posted by: Scipionix

Originally posted by: rgwalt

Originally posted by: Scipionix
I don't think we know either way whether or not our planet is warming up as a result of pollution caused by mankind. I think it will take many hundreds of years before the impact of industry on our planet's climate can be adequately modeled.

Ryan

Agreed. I was just trying to be a good scientist in my earlier post.

Good call.

Ryan

 

[wfbberzerker]

Originally posted by: milagro

Originally posted by: rgwalt

Oh, and global warming is a farce.

HA! don't forget about gravity - total farce

oh yeah, and ozone layer? doesnt exist. hell, if i cant see it, it must not be there.

 

[Sachmho]

somehow, i don't seem to care

 

[Calundronius]

We'll be dead by then...and if not, we'll be dead shortly after, what with the starving and all.

 

[silverpig]

"My suggestion: Get a bunch of humans (criminals, bad people etc), place them inside a chamber filled with a liquid rich in nutrients, and hook up that chamber to something similar to that in solar cells (watch the matrix) so that the human body provides heat for steam to turn a turbine that produces electricity"

That'd be a waste of energy, not a source. You'd have to put more energy into keeping the people alive than you'd ever get out in heat. The most efficient way of getting that heat out of them (without going antimatter that is) would be to simply burn the bastards right away

 

[Siddhartha]

Originally posted by: silverpig
"My suggestion: Get a bunch of humans (criminals, bad people etc), place them inside a chamber filled with a liquid rich in nutrients, and hook up that chamber to something similar to that in solar cells (watch the matrix) so that the human body provides heat for steam to turn a turbine that produces electricity"

That'd be a waste of energy, not a source. You'd have to put more energy into keeping the people alive than you'd ever get out in heat. The most efficient way of getting that heat out of them (without going antimatter that is) would be to simply burn the bastards right away

That sounds like something the Nazis would do.

 

[IGBT]

Just like global cooling...right??