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The end of the Earth?? (pg. 2)
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| Trancer-X |
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Doomsday Comet |
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| icyhandofcrap |
| I think we will have plenty of time to live out any Halo-esque plans of space colonialization. |
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| zenperson |
| With the current progression of things, scientists estimate that humans will deplete the world's resources within the next 100 years. Our most valuable resource, oil, will be depleted by 2040. The only way to reverse this process is intiate change now, for change of this magnitude takes generations. We see the results of this each year with the changing of the climate and the alteration of the natural landspace to a polluted wasteland.....It's rather sad too because rather than face these facts and deal with them, the US president feels that pumping valuable 'research' money into a war to secure even more oil is more important than finding real solutions. Next thing you know, Alaska will be artic landscape rich with oil wells....one small step for politics, one large leap for environmental devastation. :sadgreen: |
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| Shakka |
| quote: | Originally posted by zenperson
With the current progression of things, scientists estimate that humans will deplete the world's resources within the next 100 years. Our most valuable resource, oil, will be depleted by 2040. The only way to reverse this process is intiate change now, for change of this magnitude takes generations. We see the results of this each year with the changing of the climate and the alteration of the natural landspace to a polluted wasteland.....It's rather sad too because rather than face these facts and deal with them, the US president feels that pumping valuable 'research' money into a war to secure even more oil is more important than finding real solutions. Next thing you know, Alaska will be artic landscape rich with oil wells....one small step the for politics, one large leap for environmental devastation. :sadgreen: |
So it's the U.S. fault that the current state of global affairs is where it is today? Funny, I don't see Germany developing any alternate sources of energy that would change the current state of things.:conf: |
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| Renegade |
| quote: | Originally posted by Shakka
So it's the U.S. fault that the current state of global affairs is where it is today? Funny, I don't see Germany developing any alternate sources of energy that would change the current state of things.:conf: |
Um, but they are ;):
| quote: | Yet by the end of the 1990s, Germany had transformed itself into a renewable-energy leader. With a fraction of the wind and solar resources of the U.S., Germany now has almost three times as much installed wind capacity (38 percent of global capacity) and is a world leader in solar photovoltaics as well.
And it has created a new, multibillion-dollar industry and tens of thousands of new jobs. The German wind industry now employs more people than nuclear power (an industry that provides 30 percent of the nation’s electricity) without a commensurate increase in electricity costs.
Germany now generates 4.5 per cent of its electricity with the wind and appears on track to meet government targets of 25 per cent by 2025. The government also considers solar photovoltaics an option for future large-scale power generation.
What’s more, the government recently pledged to reduce its carbon dioxide emissions to 40 percent below 1990 levels by 2020, much of this to be achieved by switching to renewable energy. Not quite the 60 percent many climate-change experts say is required worldwide, but vastly more impressive than commitments made thus far under the Kyoto Protocol. |
http://www.mindfully.org/Energy/200...EnergyJun03.htm
Besides which, the US are more responsible for providing environmental solutions simply because they consume more resources than any other nation. If they want to use 25% of the world's resources then they're going to need to learn how to use them cleanly and efficiently, or else the rest of the world (including the US itself) is going to suffer for it. |
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| icyhandofcrap |
Yep, the US has the single largest amount of carbon dioxide emissions in the world. However, SO2 emissions from the US and Europe have decreased.
But China needs to watch out for pollution with its recent economic boom. It's SO2 emissions have been rising steadily. Same with CO2. |
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| priveye03 |
| The US also has the highest amount of cars, all needing to be used almost everyday (lack of public transportation). Plus with all those SUV's and Pick-ups, what do you expect. I'm not condoning it, just pointing that out. |
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| Spin Doctor |
| quote: | Originally posted by NeoPhono
I'm hoping for the second, because Dune is cool and David Lynch rules. |
Totally agree with you there! :D |
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| albertoR |
| "It's the end of the world as we know it, and i feel fine":crazy: |
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| Yoepus |
| quote: | Originally posted by albertoR
"It's the end of the world as we know it, and i feel fine":crazy: |
hmm, that must be the drugs talking;) |
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