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>"At around 2020, the condition of the planet becomes highly critical. If we do nothing about it, the quality of life goes down to zero. Pollution becomes so se
by ryanmercer 7y ago
>"At around 2020, the condition of the planet becomes highly critical. If we do nothing about it, the quality of life goes down to zero. Pollution becomes so seriously it will start to kill people, which in turn will cause the population to diminish, lower than it was in the 1900. At this stage, around 2040 to 2050, civilised life as we know it on this planet will cease to exist."
Looking at recent news and our current battles with climate change, microplastics pollution etc... interesting.
See also:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Limits_to_Growth https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Limits_to_Growth
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beyond_the_Limits https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beyond_the_Limits
- NeedMoreTea 7y agoAlso interesting is there was a fairly recent study by the University of Melbourne. They found since 1973 we have tracked the predicted measures of "business as usual" quite remarkably. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/sep/02/limits-to-growth-was-right-new-research-shows-were-nearing-collapse https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/sep/02/limits...