Population control will NOT save our environment; and why Stephen Hawking was right.

[nadinbrzezinski]

32. You know I am all for colonizing space

but the nearest earth like candidate is about 20 LY away.

No, I am not saying that we cannot over come this little technological problem, if we as a species do not go extinct first, no the Holocene extinction is not a malthusian invention either.

http://park.org/Canada/Museum/extinction/holmass.html

But that solar system is not around the corner either.

Did I mention this is JUST A CANDIDATE, and the candidate around the start of Gliese 581 has not been confirmed as having an atmosphere yet, let alone one friendly to human life? We are pesky in the ratios we will tolerate, something 'bout evolution.

http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,2022489,00.html

On the bright side, we will know in the next ten years, with the deployment of Keppler.

http://planetquest.jpl.nasa.gov/

But then again, I will be called all kinds of names for actually pointing the actual state of the art science with this... nor is this a great conspiracy. I keep telling you, every time you post these things, we have had these population crashes historically, and all the money in the world will NOT protect the very rich... in fact, all the money in the world might protect them, in a worst case scenario, for an extra six months. I'm being charitable.

And yes, humanity, like 99% of life on this planet, will sooner or later say good night gracie too, and go extinct...