lordjedi said:
Arnie.d said:
I've never heard of this earth day stuff. Weird predictions also. But don't you agree there's a limit to the amount of people this planet can sustain? Especially if we want to preserve the environment. You don't want to turn earth into something like Coruscant?
Actually, I wouldn't mind freeways running over each other and buildings being built vertically rather than horizontally. Have you ever seen a parking lot that was a big sprawling lot vs a parking garage? You can get far more cars into far less space by going upwards instead of allocating huge plots of land. They might be a bit harder to build, but they save space for other things. And since they usually put elevators into parking garages, you can park on the top and you don't really have to walk any further than if you're only a level or two up. With a huge sprawling parking lot, it's a long walk to the store from the back.
C3PX said:
Let's not delude ourselves into believing we have the ability to conquer and destroy something like the earth. The earth is sure to take us out long before we take it out. The over population "issue" will take care of itself without us needing to barbarically murder our own children or resorting to totalitarian style regulations.
This. I do not for one second think that humans have the ability to destroy the planet on our own. We are far more likely to kill ourselves in the process and leave the planet perfectly capable of healing itself. If it's true that the planet is billions of years old, then it did fine before us and it'll do fine after us. IMO, thinking that humans are going to destroy the planet if we don't do something smacks of extreme arrogance.
First, yes, I think building up is better than building wide. Especially in a small, crowded country like the Netherlands. I can't believe we are not building more scyscrapers.
Second, yes, I agree again. But it kind of depends on what you mean by destroyed. Offcourse we can't destroy earth like the death star blew up alderaan (man, I feel like such a nerd using this example). And even if all humans are wiped out there will be some other life left and continue to evolve. What bothers me is that a lot of people expect some define intervention when things get really bad.
I guess we done talking about abortion?
And what the hell is a minuet?