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I think it's goin to end, but not blow up or noin.. It's just goin to End as we used to know it, its goin through changes all the time I admit, but i dunno if its because of technology but events are unfolding exponentially.
I just had a brain wave. When all the oil is pumped out of the ground, r we left with air holes? If so how many air holes and how does this affect the stability of the Earths equilibrium?
Yep, air holes. And after we'd sucked enough oil from beneath us, the earth will collapse in on itself and we'll discover that our true enemies are...the Crab People!
I don't think neither us, or our children are going to see the end of the world. We're not that bad.. think about dinosaurs. There were so many of them, and they were so HUGE. They ate TREES like deers eat berries.
The planet is tough, but it needs your faith!
i delieve our eyes have many to see yet. I dont think that world or mankind will end but ingredible things will happen
300 or 500 years ago the world didnt have weapons that could blow the earth up 25 times over...weird that the 2 countires that have them arent very good friends :p
Invevitably the world will end one day, and with each decade that passes, the path to that end accellerates as we (collectively) continue to knacker our environment in acheiving short term profits. The justification, constantly, for not changing our approach, is the increased cost, the inability to compete in markets dominated by the exploitation of 3rd world countries. America refused to conform to the Kyoto protocol citing the impact on America's economy as the key reason - "Do you have any idea of the cost of the Kyoto protocol?" - a short term, egotistic view and America are not alone.
The general view seems to be - I must make profit, f*ck the future beyond my lifetime.
The world is driven by the financial markets, we outsource our skilled labour to India and other third world locations in the name of profit, and ignore the fact that more and more people are losing work and dropping into lower levels of poverty in our western countries. The additional impact of that, is that we are then forced (because we have less money) to buy cheap, poor quality products, whose manufacturing techniques are often key contributors to pollution and the knackered environment.
Before this turns into an Essay, there is some encouragement - the Ozone layer is beginning to heal itself - 2 decades later than anticipated, but it is happenning. Perhaps it will be enough to decrease the Global Warming effect, prevent further erosion of our ice-packs, and prevent huge quantities of fresh water from pouring into the sea, disturbing the key currents essential for habital climates around the world (including places like the UK).
More than this, many western countries are now adopting recyclying in a more effective way - but the Governments will apply increased taxation and charges to encourage us to not "throw so much away" - this is self defeating as this pushes us to (as mentioned above), buy more cheap products, made in locations exempt from the Kyoto protocol, and manufactured in a manner which is not "environmentally friendly". But - recycling is definately a step in the right direction, and is a way we can all help a little.
We are becoming wiser - finally we are learning that leaving electronic devices in stand-by and not turning them off is a contributor to our increased electric bills and global warming... more and more of us a re remembering to turn our TV's off instead of just to standby. If one person does it, the effect is minimal, if 50 million households do it (UK population), the effect is significant..... so do your part too...
Man ... going to get off my soapbox now ... you might have noticed this is one of my pet subjects.... I am not some "Green Avenger", but I do love this world, the people in it, the music, the love, the green.... I don't want to be part of the generation that knew we were f*cking it up, and did nothing!
Unfuck the World!
dryst, that's not wierd man , that's scary
Good point graph, I mean about the every generation thing, not about the dress but feel free to mow my lawn anytime ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by graph
Anyhow, I was born in '69 and for most of my younger life everyone was certain that a nuclear war with the Soviet Union was just around the corner. There were always articles in the paper talking about how many taks and missles we had vs how many they had. Kids were going to psychiatrists about it, they made movies about it, Pink Floyd had a song about it, etc., etc. It wasn't a question of "if?" as much as "when?". People really thought that we'd see a nuclear holocaust in our lifetime. Then, in 1991 the Soviet Union collapsed.
Now there a whole new set of worries: global warming, hair spray and the ozone layer, the evil Muslim horde. Are these any more likely to destroy the world in our, our our children's, lifetime. Not likely, there may be subtle changes but not the end of the world. That won't happen for a long long time. There are certainly things to be worried about but we shouldn't live in fear.
actually i believe about 2016-2019 and .......................Quote:
Originally Posted by UnitedWeFall
its because the prophets the made the aztec calender, ended the calender in 2019 and believe the christ will return around 2016
and is the anti-christ here......yes
is g.bush the false peophet....... maybe....
ill research it and make another post........ maybe about the "1040 window"
actaully the aztecs and mayan predicted the end of the world would come 2012 i think the date was december 12?...but im not sure...aztecs use astrology to figure this out, there matematic skills were incredibile, they created the number 0 for christ sake,...