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Sedna, space probes?, colonies? what's next?
On 20 Mar 2004 02:09:50 GMT, in a place far, far away,
(G EddieA95) made the phosphor on my monitor glow in such a way as to indicate that: No. Population stabilization can be accomplished voluntarily with the appropriate incentives. Absent mass immigration, we wouldn't be too far from that now. No one is *immigrating* into Earth. AIUI, the issue is world P, not US P. The US is not overpopulated by any stretch of imagination. Neither is overpopulated. They're both just badly governed. |
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Rand Simberg wrote:
And as that occurs (if it does), its price will rise, resulting in increased research into replacements. You wouldn't want to say provide a pointer to a similarily widespread technology being replaced because of price concerns, instead of it and related industries simply dieing out? -- Sander +++ Out of cheese error +++ |
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"Greg D. Moore \(Strider\)" wrote in
: "Coridon Henshaw @ (TH+ESE) sympatico.ca)" (chenshawREMOVE wrote in message ... (G EddieA95) wrote in : Manmade fusion doesn't exist yet, and antimatter is an energy *sink* (making it requires more energy than you get from it). sigh Only from AOL.... Umm, he's right on both counts. Unless you know of a source for ready made antimatter. Backtrack the thread for a little context... -- Coridon Henshaw - http://www3.telus.net/csbh - "I have sadly come to the conclusion that the Bush administration will go to any lengths to deny reality." -- Charley Reese |
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On Sat, 20 Mar 2004 02:59:37 +0000 (UTC), in a place far, far away,
Sander Vesik made the phosphor on my monitor glow in such a way as to indicate that: Rand Simberg wrote: And as that occurs (if it does), its price will rise, resulting in increased research into replacements. You wouldn't want to say provide a pointer to a similarily widespread technology being replaced because of price concerns, instead of it and related industries simply dieing out? Coal. Whale Oil. Analog telecom switching systems. |
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On Sat, 20 Mar 2004 01:38:18 +0000 (UTC), Sander Vesik
wrote, in part: You should also seriously consider proving that the number of people in poverty would be smaller if the number of people would be lower, and not vice versa. It is obvious by observing groups of people in different countries on Earth now that two things lead to poverty: a lack of access to technology, and a lack of access to resources. It is possible for a country with limited resources to be prosperous if it is a world leader in technology - like Japan - and prosperity can also come from having lots of resources relative to a small population - like North America and Australia a hundred years ago. Why should I have to "prove" the obvious, whereas the obviously silly notion that a larger population, in which resources such as arable land, water, and metals would be driven to higher prices, being scarce, and human labor, being common, would become cheaper, would lead to prosperity and not poverty is not given the burden of proof? John Savard http://home.ecn.ab.ca/~jsavard/index.html |
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"Rand Simberg" wrote in message ... On Sat, 20 Mar 2004 02:59:37 +0000 (UTC), in a place far, far away, Sander Vesik made the phosphor on my monitor glow in such a way as to indicate that: Rand Simberg wrote: And as that occurs (if it does), its price will rise, resulting in increased research into replacements. You wouldn't want to say provide a pointer to a similarily widespread technology being replaced because of price concerns, instead of it and related industries simply dieing out? Coal. The other two are fine, but coal is still a pretty serious industry and will continue to be so for a long while to come. Whale Oil. Analog telecom switching systems. |
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Hmmm, technology can help. Check out "golden rice" some time.
-Lex THX, i will, But I did not say it *wouldn't* help, I said societies aren't really using it in a poverty-fighting cause. |
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