Humans will need two earths by 2030 - Polidicks

[url]http://current.com/182434c[/url] Humans are overusing the planet's resources and will need two Earths by 2030,a new report warns. According to the Living Planet Report, human demands on natural resources have doubled in under 50 years and are now outstripping what the Earth can provide by more than half; and humanity carries on as it is in use of resources, globally it will need the capacity of two Earths by 2030. The report said that wildlife in tropical countries is also under huge pressure, with populations of species falling by 60 per cent in three decades, the'Daily Mail'reported. And the report, from the WWF, the Zoological Society of London and the Global Footprint Network, said that British people are still consuming far more than the Earth can cope with. If everyone lived such a lifestyle, humans would need 2.75 planets to survive, it warned. The study's authors looked at 8,000 populations of 2,500 species and studied the change in land use and water consumption across the globe. Britain comes 31st in a list of countries based on their'ecological footprint'- the amount of land and sea each person needs to provide the food, clothes and other products they consume and to absorb the carbon dioxide they emit. The country has fallen down the league table from having the 15th biggest footprint in the last report two years ago, but WWF attributes this to an increase in other countries'impact rather than a reduction in the UK's use of resources.

I doubt it, 2030 is to early.

If that what it takes to make a push towards space travel, so be it.

No there's enough stuff left on the planet to just about support over one hundred billion humans. We're at seven billion, do the math. All this is getting boring, shit isn't going to run out, stop being paranoid. Stop reading untrustworthy news sources, or news sources that get their information from paranoid and untrained 'scientists'.

not my problem, I'll be long dead before 2030.

[QUOTE=stablemist;25482435]not my problem, I'll be long dead before 2030.[/QUOTE] you are exactly what is wrong with this world

[QUOTE=Haxxer;25482444]you are exactly what is wrong with this world[/QUOTE] Think about it, why would you care about the next generation? You would be dead, you wouldn't see what happens or anything. Live your life now and care about the other stuff when you're dead.

[QUOTE=Nuggi1994;25482449]Think about it, why would you care about the next generation? You would be dead, you wouldn't see what happens or anything. Live your life now and care about the other stuff when you're dead.[/QUOTE] Because my kids are the next generation.

[QUOTE=stablemist;25482435]not my problem, I'll be long dead before 2030.[/QUOTE] Are you 70 year old or something?

[quote]what the Earth can provide[/quote] Does that mean the Earths natural resources? Or the resources that we make?

[QUOTE=Haxxer;25482444]you are exactly what is wrong with this world[/QUOTE] 2012 says otherwise, hur hur. But really, nothing I do can change the world.... not unless I take over the world. I really can't see the world changing any time soon to make it a better place for the next generation. :/

The UK is a very small country. I don't see how we're taking up more resources than the Earth can cope with.

yep, but at the same time, technology is progressing very quickly [url=http://futuretimeline.net/21stcentury/2030-2039.htm]but yes we will need the equivalent of two earths by 2030, read this shit people[/url]

Don't worry guys i'm sure there will be some war and a large chunk of our population will perish.

It all went downhill when you got rid of your convicts

[QUOTE=Haxxer;25482444]you are exactly what is wrong with this world[/QUOTE] Why should you care what happens after you're dead? They can just aswell nuke the world when I'm dead, none of my business

[QUOTE=Nuggi1994;25482449]Think about it, why would you care about the next generation? You would be dead, you wouldn't see what happens or anything. Live your life now and care about the other stuff when you're dead.[/QUOTE] How would you feel if that's what the previous generation said? Don't be so selfish.

Ok! All research goes into space exploration now! Don't research weapons or anything!

Ever heard of scientists? Researchers? They'll probably figure out something before something big is going to happen.

Our children of the future, you are all pretty small minded if you think that the world stops after you die, becuase it doesn't... Edit: Sorry, i was saying this to Facepucnh, home of the pre-teens...

Haha, we run out of resources by the end of 2030. What bullshit. We don't need two earths. We only need astroids resources. We don't need two earth before 2100. We only want to settle on other planets by 2020 to 2100. And so on.

The Earth is fucking HUGE!!! We just need to go deeper into it. Mining and deep sea exploration.

We can terraform Mars to be like Earth within a 500 year time span but we'd need a lot of investment into it. Either way, we can just colonize the Oceans, deep Ocean facilities, floating cities, and there's plenty of "unexplored" terrain on Earth.

[QUOTE=xboomguy;25482601]Ever heard of scientists? Researchers? They'll probably figure out something before something big is going to happen.[/QUOTE] Yes, because it's a brilliant idea to just keep consuming beyond our means and crossing our fingers that someone invents a fix before we're [B]really[/B] fucked.

Actually, we need 5ish earths if we keep living this way.

Plenty of terrain sure, but we are like heroin addicts when it comes to oil. We will only look for that and gas. When it's gone we are going to be getting some serious DT's

create more moonwells

[QUOTE=Kalibos;25482503]yep, but at the same time, technology is progressing very quickly [url=http://futuretimeline.net/21stcentury/2030-2039.htm]but yes we will need the equivalent of two earths by 2030, read this shit people[/url][/QUOTE] Sounds like a plot to a shitty movie starring shia labeouf

Oh boy the future sure is exciting with all the over-population concerns and what-not! I just can't begin to imagine the results when some important resource like Oil runs out dry.

We'll sort it out, there's little I can do about it so why worry. Either we run out of resources and people die off or technology will progress to compensate, either way it's out of my hands.