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The exponential function pt1

Prof. Al Bartlett explains why the Earth will at some point be unable to support the ever increasing population.


Added: Oct-31-2012 Occurred On: Oct-31-2012
By: Mr Ebk
In: Science and Technology
Tags: Maths, physics, population growth,
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  • When I was in elementary school, the seventies, the earth had between 3.5 and 4 billion people. No, I not an old geezer. The population has roughly doubled since then.

    With greater and greater numbers of people the odds of a catastrophic disaster increases. Diseases, specifically viruses or other difficult to destroy "bugs", in my opinion, are the single most likely large scale disaster. This disaster could have an effect large enough to actually reduce our numbers by a statisticall More..

    Posted Oct-31-2012 By 
    Kmanbay (689.36)

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    • @Kmanbay
      So, it will work itself out. Good enough for me, I am not going to worry.

      Posted Oct-31-2012 By 
      Motorkross (73.30)

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    • @Motorkross
      I think your avatar says it all. If you have those two things you can safely barter for everything else you might need.

      And if you are the last one, no need to share the whiskey.

      Posted Oct-31-2012 By 
      Kmanbay (689.36)

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  • In this video: A bunch of shit anyone with a logical mind knows.

    Posted Oct-31-2012 By 
    lucidx1 (954.10)  

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    • @lucidx1
      Sadly not everyone has a logical mind though.

      Posted Oct-31-2012 By 
      Mr Ebk (1532.26)  

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    • @Mr Ebk
      Yeah but it doesn't take much a genius to figure that if the population keeps increasing at the exponential rate that it is, we will not be able to sustain it. Regardless, I think at the moment overpopulation is more toward the bottom of the list of shit that could be the death of us all.

      Posted Oct-31-2012 By 
      lucidx1 (954.10)  

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    • @lucidx1
      I'd be more worried about producing the increased level of energy that the world demands, that will become a problem long before feeding people does.

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      Mr Ebk (1532.26)  

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  • I'm not wasting 10 minutes on this, but it stands to reason that real systems have physical limits. Therefore at WORST if we do nothing, resource limitations will clamp maximum population. Moreover as people rise in wealth and education, they recognize that the future looks sketchy as well as expensive, and they willfully choose to limit their own contribution to the population. And in fact estimates show that the population will level off going forward barring developments allowing for great More..

    Posted Oct-31-2012 By 
    Saros (796.70)  

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  • Malthus did it first, and he was wrong as fuck.

    This guy is likely also wrong as fuck.

    Posted Oct-31-2012 By 
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  • obviously

    Posted Oct-31-2012 By 
    blitzkrieg43 (186.50)

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  • So, basically, the world, and everyone on it, eventually will be fucked. Got it.

    Posted Oct-31-2012 By 
    porcubunny (332.64)  

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