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Related: About this forumThe dangers of exponential growth in a closed system:
http://www.upworthy.com/a-smartypants-scientist-makes-an-easy-analogy-about-our-planet-and-now-im-scaredETA: the link has a silly title but the content is all too serious.
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The dangers of exponential growth in a closed system: (Original Post)
truebluegreen
Dec 2013
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truebluegreen
(9,033 posts)2. It was the "3 more test tubes/planets" part that really grabbed me.
Even an all-out effort would buy us very little time, and we are making essentially no effort.
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truebluegreen
(9,033 posts)4. I hear you.
Makes me happy that I too am old, and have no children.
CRH
(1,553 posts)5. A very good presentation of long known knowledge, …
K & R for the fifty ninth minute +. Link might be silly, but, it is the essence of our problem. Whether it be emissions or population or energy, it is the essence of our problem.
truebluegreen
(9,033 posts)6. I agree. We have lost; we are lost.
On my bad days I feel that talking with people here is just a distraction. On my good days it's an intellectual exercise that makes me feel connected while being a distraction.