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Space fantasy
Posted By: RL	Date: 1/16/00 9:59 a.m.
In Response To: Re: Zartman forgot one (Sir Galahad) > I agree with your arguments, but the phrase "populations > (already way too large for sustainability) rising > dramatically" is slightly off, so to speak. If you've read > New Scientist for the past six months or so (can't remeber what > issue) or perhaps heard about it some other way, you would have > found thát the UN has altered its forecasts about population > increases. There were several different models of population growth if I recall correctly....a high model where growth will continue (few more billion) a moderate model and then a low where the population will peak at about 7 billion around 2050 and then start to decrease. Fertility rates are lowering in western counrtries, but what about countries with large populations (such as china) which are looking to the US and saying "I want a TV, microwave, dishwasher, copious amounts of electricity, clean water, 2 cars, garage, green lawn to be raked on sundays, stick fetching labrador blah blah I want to be able to do whatever I want to do like the western countries do!"? They will demand enormous amounts of resources. > As for your other arguments, they are IMHO actually an argument > FOR space exploration and colonisation! To quote from the Mars > trillogy > "Intelligent life is far too precious for it to be on only > one planet" > or something. We may not have enough time left to save this planet if we do not act now. To get a reproducing population of humans (at least 500 for genetic diversity) to another planet and create a sustainable environment with all accompanying animal and plant life required, plus materials to allow expansion and maintainance, is quite far off probably. I would prefer to invest here. Nice place, pity to ruin it. RL

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Zartman forgot one	Otokam	1/13/00 9:32 p.m.
Re: Zartman forgot one	Otokam	1/13/00 9:33 p.m.
Re: Zartman forgot one	Dr. Nick	1/13/00 10:41 p.m.
WinMars	Nemesis	1/14/00 10:43 a.m.
WinMars; Part2 (OT)	8Delicious	1/14/00 10:58 a.m.
Re: Zartman forgot one	Doug Zartman	1/14/00 3:23 p.m.
Re: Zartman forgot one	Stall the space fantasy, get it right here first	1/16/00 6:21 a.m.
Re: Zartman forgot one	Sir Galahad	1/16/00 7:37 a.m.
Space fantasy	RL	1/16/00 9:59 a.m.
But...	Ben Schodek	1/16/00 2:09 p.m.
Re: But...	Dispatcher	1/16/00 6:03 p.m.
Re: But...	Otokam	1/16/00 9:58 p.m.
Nah.	Xian	1/16/00 3:40 p.m.
Re: Nah.ot	8Delicious	1/17/00 1:58 p.m.