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Silverhair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 06:21 PM Original message |
Is humanity about to have a massive die off? |
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Pepperbelly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 06:23 PM Response to Original message |
1. we are very breakable as we get so densely packed on the planet. |
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MojoXN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 06:25 PM Response to Original message |
2. Read Nature's End |
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Pepperbelly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 06:27 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. I loved some of his novels but that one ... |
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MojoXN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-03-05 05:59 PM Response to Reply #3 |
116. It's dull at first, but gets MUCH better toward the middle... |
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CountAllVotes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-03-05 06:47 PM Response to Reply #2 |
118. same as The Quest |
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Maccagirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 06:30 PM Response to Original message |
4. I do believe the threat is above politics |
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alfredo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 06:30 PM Response to Original message |
5. Look at past civilizations for clues about our future. |
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gulfcoastliberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 06:48 PM Response to Reply #5 |
15. Bingo! All civilizations come to an end! |
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alfredo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 07:17 PM Response to Reply #15 |
19. If runaway global turns us into something like Venus, then |
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Garbo 2004 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-03-05 01:00 AM Response to Reply #15 |
50. But don't forget China: oldest continuous civilization. My Chinese |
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gulfcoastliberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-03-05 10:36 AM Response to Reply #50 |
73. People in China yes; same civilization, no |
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malmapus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-03-05 10:58 AM Response to Reply #73 |
78. Agreed as a people they have been around |
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katty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-03-05 07:27 PM Response to Reply #15 |
124. Thermodynamics-eventually everything turns to shit |
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shraby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 06:30 PM Response to Original message |
6. When any species multiply beyond the |
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Solon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 06:33 PM Response to Original message |
7. Couple of things right off the bat... |
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barb162 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 06:39 PM Response to Reply #7 |
11. I agree with almost evrything you're writing except I think the |
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Solon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 06:47 PM Response to Reply #11 |
14. I think the estimate would be more or less... |
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pscot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 07:26 PM Response to Reply #14 |
21. Read OVERSHOOT by William Catton |
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Silverhair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-03-05 06:24 AM Response to Reply #21 |
57. Just ordered it from Amazon. NT |
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Speck Tater (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-03-05 09:03 PM Response to Reply #21 |
133. Also read OVERSHOOT by Mona Clee |
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Delphinus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-03-05 07:02 AM Response to Reply #14 |
63. Agree wholeheartedly with this sentence: |
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amandabeech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 08:12 PM Response to Reply #7 |
27. Some developing countries will also feel a pinch, |
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Solon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 10:07 PM Response to Reply #27 |
44. Problem is that for each acre of land... |
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amandabeech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-03-05 08:13 AM Response to Reply #44 |
65. The point of my response to your original post was to describe |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-03-05 10:52 PM Response to Reply #27 |
136. For 5000 years the Chinese managed to feed all their people |
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ashling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 06:36 PM Response to Original message |
8. The Gaia principle |
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Radio_Lady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 11:00 PM Response to Reply #8 |
46. Pretty interesting explanation of Gaia principle -- for folks like me |
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ashling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-03-05 11:41 AM Response to Reply #46 |
86. Pretty basic explanation |
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Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 06:36 PM Response to Original message |
9. We take up 30% of the land which is 30% of the Earth. |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 06:39 PM Response to Original message |
10. Peak oil. Corporate america is doing what they are doing... |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-03-05 09:52 AM Response to Reply #10 |
68. Peak oil is no threat compared to climate change |
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ayeshahaqqiqa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 06:43 PM Response to Original message |
12. Mystics have talked about this for years |
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TallahasseeGrannie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 06:45 PM Response to Original message |
13. Yes, the threat is way above politics |
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Boomer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 06:51 PM Response to Original message |
16. Easter Island revisited |
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mikefromwichita (45 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 06:54 PM Response to Original message |
17. Barring something along the line of.................... |
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dpibel (898 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-03-05 03:27 AM Response to Reply #17 |
55. The ultimate resource |
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mikefromwichita (45 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-03-05 06:28 AM Response to Reply #55 |
59. As a matter of fact yes |
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Minimus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 06:55 PM Response to Original message |
18. I like Kurt Vonnegut's theory |
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Gregorian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 09:51 PM Response to Reply #18 |
36. I don't feel so guilty with company like him. |
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Silverhair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-03-05 06:33 AM Response to Reply #36 |
60. The "breeders"? Are you refering to Larry Niven's "Protectors"? |
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Gregorian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-03-05 10:14 AM Response to Reply #60 |
70. No. Unfortunately. |
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FULL_METAL_HAT (673 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-03-05 08:12 PM Response to Reply #60 |
132. Phssthpok vs. Noodly? Who wins?? |
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Silverhair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-03-05 10:18 PM Response to Reply #132 |
135. Does Phssthpok get to wear his helmet for the contest? |
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Phoebe Loosinhouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 07:17 PM Response to Original message |
20. Did the elms expect Dutch Elm Disease? |
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robertpaulsen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 07:31 PM Response to Original message |
22. Die off. Interesting choice of words. |
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OhNoTheyDidNot (412 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 07:39 PM Response to Original message |
23. Some feel a pole shift is a very real possibility and THAT would change |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 07:54 PM Response to Reply #23 |
25. No, no scientist says that |
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OhNoTheyDidNot (412 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-03-05 10:35 AM Response to Reply #25 |
72. Well according to MANY articles I have read it did happen already |
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Silverhair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-03-05 10:47 AM Response to Reply #72 |
76. Been reading Velikovsky? |
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OhNoTheyDidNot (412 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-03-05 11:27 AM Response to Reply #76 |
83. No, I haven't read Velikovsky - the articles (and sometimes blogs) that I |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-03-05 11:40 AM Response to Reply #83 |
85. But the point is those aren't scientists |
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OhNoTheyDidNot (412 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-03-05 01:21 PM Response to Reply #85 |
91. I hadn't seen that website, but I just went to it ... |
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OhNoTheyDidNot (412 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-03-05 03:29 PM Response to Reply #85 |
97. This is one of the sites I was speaking of earlier.... |
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Silverhair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-03-05 05:41 PM Response to Reply #97 |
112. Self delete NT |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-03-05 06:38 PM Response to Reply #97 |
117. Interesting, but that doesn't say anything about a pole shift |
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AntiFascist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-03-05 07:15 PM Response to Reply #117 |
123. Sometime about a year or two ago... |
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OhNoTheyDidNot (412 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-03-05 07:42 PM Response to Reply #123 |
127. You have quite a good memory. I googled the following .... |
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AntiFascist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-03-05 07:51 PM Response to Reply #127 |
129. Thanks for the pointer to the article, but.... |
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OhNoTheyDidNot (412 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-03-05 07:38 PM Response to Reply #117 |
126. Maybe I'm just reading between the lines and I shouldn't be but some |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-03-05 07:56 PM Response to Reply #126 |
130. Frankly, no, in my opinion |
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OhNoTheyDidNot (412 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-03-05 11:25 PM Response to Reply #130 |
137. Okay .. your thoughts on the following (link) |
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ReadTomPaine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-03-05 03:58 PM Response to Reply #23 |
103. It’s not the poles that flip – it’s the *polarity* that changes. |
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OhNoTheyDidNot (412 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-03-05 11:42 PM Response to Reply #103 |
138. FYI, I am not a 5/5/2000 'type' but I have read all about them. Hell, |
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SidDithers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-04-05 09:58 AM Response to Reply #23 |
143. You're talking about changing the Earth's axis of rotation... |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 07:52 PM Response to Original message |
24. no, we were on the way to "on the beach" in 1950 |
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Boomer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 08:25 PM Response to Reply #24 |
28. Typical of our short attention span |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 09:15 PM Response to Reply #28 |
31. original post specifically said 50 yrs |
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Boomer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 09:20 PM Response to Reply #31 |
32. Fifty years forward, not back |
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Pobeka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 07:54 PM Response to Original message |
26. It is completely politics, and the myth of personal independence. |
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the_spectator (932 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 08:49 PM Response to Original message |
29. Well, I'm inclined to say that |
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Singular73 (999 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 08:51 PM Response to Original message |
30. As civilizations advance, reproduction slows |
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leftofthedial (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 09:25 PM Response to Original message |
33. TIN FOIL . . . if you're interested |
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Silverhair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 09:44 PM Response to Reply #33 |
34. Sorry, I reject uber conspiracy theories. |
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renie408 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 09:57 PM Response to Reply #34 |
38. FINALLY something we can agree on |
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leftofthedial (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-03-05 12:12 AM Response to Reply #34 |
49. I'm not focusing on anything. Just pointing out that there is a theory |
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Silverhair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-03-05 06:28 AM Response to Reply #49 |
58. An uncontrollable weapon. Diseases mutate. |
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leftofthedial (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-03-05 10:49 AM Response to Reply #58 |
77. Disease is by far the likeliest weapon to use to depopulate |
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Silverhair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-03-05 11:00 AM Response to Reply #77 |
79. A conspiracy involves illegality. |
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leftofthedial (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-03-05 11:56 AM Response to Reply #79 |
88. Oh. So you're one of *them.* |
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grasswire (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 10:07 PM Response to Reply #33 |
43. I don't find this so "out there".... |
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suziedemocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-03-05 05:31 PM Response to Reply #33 |
111. I would have dismissed you as a total nut before Katrina. |
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YouthInAsia (806 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 09:48 PM Response to Original message |
35. Bird flu |
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Radio_Lady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-03-05 07:13 PM Response to Reply #35 |
122. Yeah, bird flu. Just watched an "American Girl" movie in which |
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DanCa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 09:54 PM Response to Original message |
37. biologicaly no our inner core/soul/spirituality yes. |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 10:00 PM Response to Original message |
39. Yes but |
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loudsue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 11:51 PM Response to Reply #39 |
48. LOL! Yep. That's the picture in the minds of a lot of Americans, |
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buzzsaw_23 (631 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 10:00 PM Response to Original message |
40. Species are dying out faster than we have dared recognize |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 11:02 PM Response to Reply #40 |
47. watch this book-tv show.. |
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The2ndWheel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-03-05 08:25 AM Response to Reply #47 |
66. Good show |
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LifeDuringWartime (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 10:02 PM Response to Original message |
41. Zombies. |
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YOY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-03-05 03:40 PM Response to Reply #41 |
98. You're in luck |
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The Traveler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 10:06 PM Response to Original message |
42. I think so |
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serryjw (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-03-05 01:23 AM Response to Reply #42 |
51. I think we just witnessed that |
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Lexingtonian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 10:46 PM Response to Original message |
45. If you look around |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-03-05 01:26 AM Response to Original message |
52. Only if we allow the planet to continue to be run by massive jerk offs. nt |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-03-05 07:12 AM Response to Reply #52 |
64. Then how do you propose to solve all the problems? |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-03-05 05:19 PM Response to Reply #64 |
110. Here's an idea. Stop spending 10 times more than every other country |
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Silverhair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-03-05 05:48 PM Response to Reply #110 |
113. Check out Thermal Depolymerization. |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-03-05 09:54 PM Response to Reply #113 |
134. Yeah, there was a lot of buzz around that a couple years ago |
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YapiYapo (148 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-04-05 08:01 AM Response to Reply #134 |
140. From wikipedia |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-04-05 01:28 PM Response to Reply #140 |
144. No, but it gets something out of garbage |
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nodehopper (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-03-05 01:57 AM Response to Original message |
53. The threats that humanity faces seem to be increasing in number and in sev |
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Freedomfried (684 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-03-05 03:10 AM Response to Original message |
54. Human civilization is a toxic mold growing on an previously healthy planet |
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TreasonousBastard (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-03-05 03:53 AM Response to Original message |
56. Maybe, but... |
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Francine Frensky (870 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-03-05 06:40 AM Response to Reply #56 |
62. I agree with the first half of your post ; it's excellent in fact |
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TreasonousBastard (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-03-05 09:37 AM Response to Reply #62 |
67. Huh? I didn't say we would be... |
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wiggs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-03-05 11:20 AM Response to Reply #56 |
82. Actually may be something quite small |
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TreasonousBastard (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-03-05 05:05 PM Response to Reply #82 |
108. The Amazon rain forest produces... |
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ladylibertee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-03-05 06:34 AM Response to Original message |
61. The Rapture. Or, the Republicans will kill all the Deomcrats |
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Toots (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-03-05 10:13 AM Response to Original message |
69. I think it is a continuing cycle |
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triguy46 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-03-05 10:33 AM Response to Original message |
71. Try reading "The long emergency" |
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ArkDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-03-05 10:37 AM Response to Original message |
74. Wouldn't over exploited be redundant? |
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ourbluenation (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-03-05 10:38 AM Response to Original message |
75. avian.flu.eom |
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captain beyond (48 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-03-05 11:08 AM Response to Original message |
80. Massive die off? |
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leeroysphitz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-03-05 11:18 AM Response to Original message |
81. Soylent Green is PEOPLE!!!!! It's made from people.... nt |
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ComerPerro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-03-05 11:28 AM Response to Original message |
84. Its necessary, so that Jesus cna come back. |
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Meatwad (330 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-03-05 11:43 AM Response to Original message |
87. If you have a lot of people living close together... |
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yodermon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-03-05 12:08 PM Response to Original message |
89. Read Daniel Quinn. |
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anitar1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-03-05 03:42 PM Response to Reply #89 |
99. An old book I liked that is still a good read is |
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Jose Diablo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-03-05 12:11 PM Response to Original message |
90. An interesting read |
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YapiYapo (148 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-03-05 02:32 PM Response to Reply #90 |
94. Titor is a scam, Peak oil is not. |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-03-05 03:19 PM Response to Reply #94 |
96. But a great, well thought out scam nonetheless |
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Jose Diablo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-03-05 07:07 PM Response to Reply #96 |
121. The ideas about a micro singularity and warping |
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YapiYapo (148 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-04-05 08:11 AM Response to Reply #121 |
141. Titor never mentioned oil |
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Jose Diablo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-04-05 09:11 AM Response to Reply #141 |
142. There is a sort of collective responsibility in operation in our world |
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snooper2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-03-05 01:40 PM Response to Original message |
92. one can only hope so... |
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GliderGuider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-03-05 02:23 PM Response to Original message |
93. Yes, I think it's going to happen - and sooner than anyone imagines. |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-03-05 03:16 PM Response to Original message |
95. Ever seen Romero's "Land of the Dead"? |
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YOY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-03-05 03:44 PM Response to Reply #95 |
100. Romero's Film have always had "messages" and are not truly gore fests |
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dretceterini (329 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-03-05 04:25 PM Response to Reply #95 |
104. Land of the Dead is actually non-fiction |
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Festivito (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-03-05 03:55 PM Response to Original message |
101. Okay, just for fun. |
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dickthegrouch (838 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-03-05 03:57 PM Response to Original message |
102. We are already in the middle of one |
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dcfirefighter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-03-05 04:27 PM Response to Original message |
105. UN estimates global carrying capacity at 33 billion |
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Stand and Fight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-03-05 04:41 PM Response to Original message |
106. Threads like this are why I love DU so much! Thanks Silverhair! n/t |
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SlipperySlope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-03-05 04:42 PM Response to Original message |
107. Would solve many problems: |
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Dave Reynolds (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-03-05 05:09 PM Response to Original message |
109. A balance needs to be attained, |
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roguevalley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-03-05 05:50 PM Response to Original message |
114. wherever populations live close together, I think they will get hit |
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Silverhair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-03-05 05:56 PM Response to Original message |
115. My Thoughts: |
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Beelzebud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-03-05 06:50 PM Response to Original message |
119. I certainly hope so. |
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ck4829 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-03-05 06:52 PM Response to Original message |
120. A pandemic in Asia could do some serious damage |
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sweetheart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-03-05 07:32 PM Response to Original message |
125. God's kingdom is coming |
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Jose Diablo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-03-05 07:43 PM Response to Reply #125 |
128. None of us gets out of here alive. n/t |
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all.of.me (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-03-05 07:59 PM Response to Original message |
131. about 20 years ago, in a book about gaia management, |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-04-05 06:26 AM Response to Original message |
139. Can we all become Tikopians? |
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