Happy World Overshoot Day!

[frunk]

I don't think so. Technology can not solve everything but this is one problem I think it is uniquely suited for. There is no other road to comfortable human existence with the planet that I can see.

It theoretically can solve this, I'm just saying it isn't right now.

[lustindarkness]

Nukes from orbit would lower the population.

[Eddie Teach]

Or a biological agent which causes infertility being placed in the water of third world countries. I heard the CIA is already testing this in Pakistan.

[celedhring]

How come Malthus hasn't posted in this thread yet? 

[The Brain]

The problem is psychological

Thank God. We'll walk it off.

[Razgovory]

I don't think so. Technology can not solve everything but this is one problem I think it is uniquely suited for. There is no other road to comfortable human existence with the planet that I can see.

It theoretically can solve this, I'm just saying it isn't right now.

How can you tell?  Technology has changed quite a bit since 1989.  I mean computers are almost twice as fast!

[frunk]

How can you tell?  Technology has changed quite a bit since 1989.  I mean computers are almost twice as fast!

Globally we use more oil, gas, coal, wood and many other resources than we did in 1989.  Even if we are more efficient in our usage we are using a lot more of all of them around the world.

[Monoriu]

I don't understand.  There are so many different types of resources.  Timber, oil, coal, fish, you name it.  I don't see how a single number can represent them all.  In this decade we use lots of oil but less coal.  In the next decade we switch to uranium.  How can that number reflect these changes?

[Eddie Teach]

I don't understand.  There are so many different types of resources.  Timber, oil, coal, fish, you name it.  I don't see how a single number can represent them all.  In this decade we use lots of oil but less coal.  In the next decade we switch to uranium.  How can that number reflect these changes?

Estimate the amount of energy each provides at current tech levels, then how much energy is used.

[Monoriu]

I don't understand.  There are so many different types of resources.  Timber, oil, coal, fish, you name it.  I don't see how a single number can represent them all.  In this decade we use lots of oil but less coal.  In the next decade we switch to uranium.  How can that number reflect these changes?

Estimate the amount of energy each provides at current tech levels, then how much energy is used.

What about fish and crops?

[Admiral Yi]

I don't understand.  There are so many different types of resources.  Timber, oil, coal, fish, you name it.  I don't see how a single number can represent them all.  In this decade we use lots of oil but less coal.  In the next decade we switch to uranium.  How can that number reflect these changes?

They're only looking at renewable resources, like fish and trees.

[Siege]

Renewable energy. 3-D printing food. That will take care of it. SCIENCE!

This!

Luddites deserve the rope.
Condemning all the rest of us to scarcity.

[Siege]

[Eddie Teach]

Luddites deserve the rope.
Condemning all the rest of us to scarcity.

How are they doing that? By pointing out that we may be doing the same to our grandchildren?

[Razgovory]

How can you tell?  Technology has changed quite a bit since 1989.  I mean computers are almost twice as fast!

Globally we use more oil, gas, coal, wood and many other resources than we did in 1989.  Even if we are more efficient in our usage we are using a lot more of all of them around the world.

Oil, gas, and coal don't come back for millions of years so I don't think those are added.  Or if they are it doesn't make sense.