On Fri, 2003-11-14 at 02:22, Arnt Karlsen wrote: > On Thu, 13 Nov 2003 22:56:11 -0600, > Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > On Thu, 2003-11-13 at 20:58, David Palmer. wrote: > > [snip] > > > Until we mature enough as a species to assume the full > > > responsibility of > > > > It hasn't happened in the last 100k years, what makes you think > > it will happen when there are 10x as many people now as there were > > 100 years ago, and there will be another 6-9B people in the next > > 45 years. > > ..9B more is manageable, and easier if mankind shares its wealth.
Every time wealth sharing has been tried, society has suffered. "Man" is not designed for such altruism. > 20B more, would be a "handful" on this planet. This will not happen, > as sharing a good life etc means mankind volonteers to back off on > breeding, capping the population at I guess 15B, and easing it down > to the long term sustainable 10B. It was tried in the PRC, which has the muscle and neighborhood spies to enforce it. Still, it didn't work. > ..carrying on like we do now on old fashion European combustion > technology and stolen oil, it'll peak at 8 to 12B and drop to 5 to .2B Let me ease your mind: that oil is *not* stolen. Even heard of OPEC? It does *not* cost anywhere *near* $30/bbl to get crude oil out of a Saudi Arabian well and onto a tanker. More like $5. > in the next 2 decades, or if Bush stays in power, in his next term, > I'm guessing he and the RRR will try make their crusade nuclear, RRR? > to avoid war crime trials and death row. Since the US hasn't ratified the ICJ treaty, it can't happen, unless the Europeans come in (in force) and *take* GWB. (Ha ha ha ha ha.) -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- Ron Johnson, Jr. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Jefferson, LA USA 4 degrees from Vladimir Putin -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]