Re: "Humans 'very likely' making earth warmer" is wrong - Cycling Mob: Road Cycling, Mountain Biking and More

02-06-2007, 04:29 AM

Bill Baka <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote:

>Mark Hickey wrote:
>> Bill Baka <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote:
>>
>>> If we mess the planet up enough
>>> then it will be very hard to produce food for even a few million. No
>>> food ==== no people.
>>
>> Errrr, perhaps you could explain the science behind that. Considering
>> that we're using only a portion of the available land to produce
>> plenty of food for a few BILLION people, I'm having a bit of a problem
>> seeing how we're going to take 99.9% of the available land out of
>> production. Or maybe "only' 99% gone with a 10% yield for what
>> remains?
>>
>> I think we've found our new Chicken Little, folks... ;-)
>
>Ahhh, Mark, you need to go back to school and work on your math. We will
> probably hit about 9 billion before someone in power realizes that
>"growth" is not a good thing.

The population of the earth will top out at 9 to 10 billion, according
to the projections. With the wealth and prosperity that the third
world is starting to get via globalization comes the desire to do
things other than make babies, apparently.

> As far as available land, what kind of
>crop can you plant in the Himalayas? All that land going to waste.

You didn't answer my question. You predicted that 99.9% of the
world's food-producing capability was going to go away. I'm still
curious what your thought process was on that one. And I've been in
the Himalayas - they grow plenty (including poppies and pot).

Mark Hickey
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02-10-2007, 05:30 PM

On Sat, 10 Feb 2007 20:49:10 -0500, in misc.consumers.frugal-living Joe Fischer
<[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote:

> In Los Angeles County, maybe, take a little trip
>up to Big Bear or something.
>
> Nobody is cutting down the woods in the US,
>in fact, just clearing out the roots of scrub brush takes
>heavy equipment, try it some time.

Everything has been logged and the logging companies are now reduced to cutting
saplings because what they have done is not sustainable.