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Originally Posted by pmulcahy11b
I don't know that our global civilization will make it without a big, aggressive manned space program. And it's probably too late anyway. There's not enough room on the Earth for all of us already -- by 2050, there will be 10 billion of us human pests on this planet and its possible that because of global climate change the Earth will only be able to support 2 billion.
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I'm not an ecologyst at all (I don't have much respect for these people who want to bring us back to the stone age and advocate that we should save the planet, what is probably way beyond our reach) but if we continue as we do today, I doubt that we could last very long. If you are right (IMO there is a good chance that you are), the human species will simply fade away (kind of a computer reset) and that's fine with me. Also, I truly whish (but doubt it) that we could be smart enough to find some other ways. Strangely, I know plenty of them but just lack the money to make the needed changes. Not to talk about legal limitations.
If Alien archeologist ever come to earth they might find out that humanity went extinct simply because we thought that the investment wasn't worth it, Oops!!
A funny assesment came from the large technolgical/scientific park (Futuroscope) we have in France next to Poitier. They advertise people to come and discover annimals from the future. However, what they don't say in the advertisement is that their scientists came up with the conclusion that mankind will be among the first species to disappear.
I love that one.
Sorry for that small digression, Paul made me feel the urge to say it.
