I quote national geographic: "There are now 6.8 billion of us as of 2009—a doubling since the 1960s and four times as many as just a century ago"
100 years ago we were 1.7billion on planet earth. I think we can safely assume that each families consumption (impact on nature) back in those days were many many times less than it is today. In a VERY short time span, (a blink of an eye?) in human history we have multiplied our population by 4 whilst at the same time our daily consumption has shoot through the roof. As a matter of fact over the last 50 years whilst the vast majority of the increase in consumption has taken place we have at the same time doubled in population, thus the biggest impact is recent. Do you guys think this could affect our environment? On Sat, Jan 30, 2010 at 1:01 AM, Nigel Barber <[email protected]> wrote: > Given the scale of the issues, it will probably take until the end of my > lifetime, i.e. 40 - 50 years, insh'allah. > > > Nigel. > > > > On 29 January 2010 13:54, Richard Naef <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> > >> > The scientific establishment is heading for a huge Galileo >> > moment over climate change. >> >> Are you willing to put some money on that? how much, how long, and how do >> you want to judge? >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> the Leeds List is an unmoderated mailing list and the list administrators >> accept no liability for the personal views and opinions of contributors. >> Leedslist mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://list.zetnet.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist >> www.leedslist.net >> > > > > -- > blog.mindbrix.co.uk/2010/01/20/zoomable-gallery/ > www.concentrichron.com > -- > > Mindbrix -- Dream it, draw it, build it, love it > > 69 Derby Street > Beeston > Nottingham > NG9 2LG > > +44 7905 311 352 > [email protected] > www.mindbrix.co.uk > Skype: ntbarber > twitter.com/mindbrix > _______________________________________________ > the Leeds List is an unmoderated mailing list and the list administrators > accept no liability for the personal views and opinions of contributors. > Leedslist mailing list > [email protected] > http://list.zetnet.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist > www.leedslist.net > _______________________________________________ the Leeds List is an unmoderated mailing list and the list administrators accept no liability for the personal views and opinions of contributors. Leedslist mailing list [email protected] http://list.zetnet.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist www.leedslist.net
