Quote Originally Posted by Coelho
Well... the problems which mankind will have to worry about in the future are the ones caused by mankind, or by mankind's influence over the environment.

Take the so-called global warming, for example. The nature have its own complicated cycle of recycling the CO2, so its level has been almost constant for centuries. But now, its levels are rising, the planet is becoming hotter, and all the delicate equilibrium of the climate is being altered. The seasons are changing. The hurricanes are becoming stronger. You all who live in u.s. knows how destructive a hurricane can be, and how impotent is all our technology face the nature's forces, even today.
You gota quite listening to Gore.. Why do you think a climatic change is a bad thing. Maybe in a bit Canada will have endless miles of land that could feed the world. You may think its a nice sun shinny day buy I think some of the folks that live in Siberia would love the idea of a few degrees warmer. If you remember at one time we were in a melting of the ice caps and world disaster in the 20's then in the 70's we were in the start of the next ice age. Now were back to the melt down. You do relize that if you stick a bit more CO2 into your plants what happens... Faster growth..faster growth CO2 taken and locked in the bio mass. I have no fear of globull warming,, no more than that of the hole in the Ozone.. Oh yea that was going to kill us last time...

And this problem i cited is only one of many others. There is the hunger (millions of people dies of starvation, you know), the diseases, the wars and so.
Yep, My grand Maw died 2 days ago. Does not mean I don't ravel in the lives of those that follow.


You must remember that the technology is restricted to the richest countries, and mostly used to bring more richness for them (and consequently more poverty to the poorer ones). The ones who have the power to change anything dont want to, if it were to mean less profit for them. Money is the ruler of this world, unfortunately.
Technology can help most of the poverty stricken countries and is readily available as soon as they as a people take control of the corruption that has come to power if their areas.

America didn't pop into existence last week. We had a period where we had starving masses, Bodies piled high and brothers killing brothers. Untill the People control their own local affairs can't expect others to do it for them.


I could go on and on on this subject, but i dont want to enter in a political/sociological/historical/etc discussion, so i will stop here. I hope you have got my point, though.
If all people were good, and if all people cared about the common well-being, i would agree with you, and would have some hope in the future.
But, unfortunately, people are becoming more and more selfish... thats why i have lost my hope, and wait for the end.
Yea but if we have a melt down then all the major coastal cities would be toast and most the A'Holes live in cities.. See theres another upside to even globull warming

And, Mr.Bubbles, there is nothing i (or anyone) can do. Can you make the peoples mind for changing their ways? Can you make them less selfish and more altruist? Can you make people love less the money and more their neighbors? I know i cant.
BTW, i dont care about the future. It will come, regardless my caring or not. So, i choose dont care, cause i know my caring will not change it. And yes, i believe in doom. Thats why i think this world is doomed.
I didn't even like the game.. But I see a different world .. when I ride my bike through the mountains as everybody waves from the front porch. When a neighbor you haven't met walks a mile to bring you a bag of fresh tomatoes because they grew a lot and were giving some to all the folks... When I stop by the road and over the next little while 4 cars stop to ask if I need any help just because I stopped for a smoke, then I have to say we travel a different path.. Most of the people I run into are those of Honor, even those that walk a different path tend to have good hearts...