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Humans Will Need Two Earths By 2030
An anonymous reader writes "A recent report warns that humans are overusing the resources of the planet and will need two Earths by the year 2030. The Living Planet Report tells that the demands on natural resources have doubled in the past 50 years and are now outstripping what the Earth can provide by more than half."
and we've run out of ipv4 addresses "in about a year" for the last decade or so.
[citation needed]
You don't have a clue what you're talking about.
The end is nearing. Better either consider getting in good with your maker, since He'll be coming soon, or usher in an armageddon to wipe out much of the population. Oh, wait...
Part of the reason we're in this situation in the first place is because a not insignificant portion of the people in power (and the people who vote for them) actually do believe the second coming of Christ (or the first coming of the Messiah for the extremist Zionist wing of the Jewish people) is imminent, and are acting accordingly. It makes little sense to plan for long term stewardship of the Earth if you're convinced the end times are near anyway.
If people were more pragmatic and less concerned with fulfilling vague prophecies in their holy books, we'd be a lot better off now.
I agree that they are idiots. For being lax. Daily life should be managed the same as every day before. The Christian population of the day is so lazy it's not even funny, even(especially?) when it comes to spiritual matters.
Humans are terrible replicators of Godly things.
That's odd. Just about every body I know is Christians, and none of them are out there trying to use up all of the world's resources because they think Jesus is coming back soon. Every single one of them is simply using resources in order to survive, just like all of the non-Christians. I don't see Christians wasting any more resources than anybody else. But nice troll anyway.
If you are not allowed to question your government then the government has answered your question.
I continue to be puzzled by the claim that strip mining harms the environment. It takes flatlands or gently rolling hills and transforms them into dramatic new peaks and valleys, complete with access trails. What could be better?
Environmentalists aren't interested in an environment good for humans, they want a primitive wilderness where nothing ever changes, especially where they live.
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