Can the human race survive the next 100 years?

[Ravenlord]

Discuss.

[Chuckles]

Yes.

[Jingo]

I certainly will be as I'm far too stubborn to be dealing with things like death, nuclear hollocaust or mass natural disaster

[loki]

Originally Posted by Ravenlord

Discuss.

Elaborate a bit. What do you think ?

[Feek]

Yes, easily.

1,000 years, again, yes. 10,000 years. Maybe. Probably.

[cleanbluesky]

I think I know where you're going with this, homosexuality concerns me too.

[loki]

Originally Posted by cleanbluesky

I think I know where you're going with this, homosexuality concerns me too.

I thought he was coming from an economic & resource perspective

[SidewinderINC]

Originally Posted by cleanbluesky

I think I know where you're going with this, homosexuality concerns me too.

Vintage CBS



the worlds resources will last us long over 100 years, different world leaders' greed for "owning" them will probably destroy us before then.

[Ravenlord]

Let's consider then the obstacles that we are facing in the 21st century as a race, obstacles that will likely grow and become ever more insurmountable as we go on into the next century...

Take for example terrorism. It would take only one act, one device with a high enough casualty list, to spark a war on the middle east so great in scale that nuclear weapons would almost certainly be used.

Nature is fighting back for our past mistakes. Crops are failing. Bees are disappearing. The world is getting warmer.

Oil is running out; it is the world's most precious resource and a major world war over energy can no longer be resigned to the realms of fiction.

Relations between nuclear-capable nations are deteriorating. The most obvious example is the west and Russia. Are we heading for another cold war?

The Balkans are coming apart at the seams. Turmoil in the region is what led to the First World War. We've already seen with the Georgian crisis that old quarrels still persist, and sides will inevitably be taken between countries that could blast each other into the stoneage.

Whether this means the human race will cease to exist within 100 years is perhaps an exaggeration, but it seems increasingly likely that the next few decades is going to be very tough going for us as a race.

[Metalface Mark]

Originally Posted by Ravenlord

Let's consider then the obstacles that we are facing in the 21st century as a race, obstacles that will likely grow and become ever more insurmountable as we go on into the next century...

Take for example terrorism. It would take only one act, one device with a high enough casualty list, to spark a war on the middle east so great in scale that nuclear weapons would almost certainly be used.

Nature is fighting back for our past mistakes. Crops are failing. Bees are disappearing. The world is getting warmer.

Oil is running out; it is the world's most precious resource and a major world war over energy can no longer be resigned to the realms of fiction.

Relations between nuclear-capable nations are deteriorating. The most obvious example is the west and Russia. Are we heading for another cold war?

The Balkans are coming apart at the seams. Turmoil in the region is what led to the First World War. We've already seen with the Georgian crisis that old quarrels still persist, and sides will inevitably be taken between countries that could blast each other into the stoneage.

Whether this means the human race will cease to exist within 100 years is perhaps an exaggeration, but it seems increasingly likely that the next few decades is going to be very tough going for us as a race.

Oils not running out, in all of history from when we started using oil, we have used about 1/3 the total amount. Theres plently of renewable energy to replace it as well.

The human race has a very good way of adapting to change, and in times of need, things can be found and done. Take sending man to the moon by 1969, a challenge was issued, new technologies were developed, and they got their within the guideline set out.