Originally Posted by OldHat
Originally Posted by DBT
Originally Posted by Idaho_Shooter
Originally Posted by DBT
It's just that our sheer numbers in relation to consumption rate is likely to bite us on the arse pretty damn hard in the near future.

Yes, a visit from Saint Malthus is long overdue. I am afraid the longer the interval, the stronger the correction will be.


Some argue that discoveries in science will prevent a crisis and propel us into a glorious future, but I suspect that we are running out of time to avoid the crunch. When it happens, it may not destroy civilization, but the world will be an entirely different place after the dust settles.

Science won't save us.


And yet it is the only hope we have. Science is not going to create a utopian society. None of us will live to see utopia nor will we see the end of days but when we or someone we love gets some illness that has killed people in the past, we will pray science has found a cure.