Dunno we've hit seven billion with ten on the horizon
No particular means to support that mind, dwindling resources, any mass produced alternative to the internal combustion engine anyone??
( Light In Chains maker of the ikea sofa, Tue 16 Aug 2011, 17:40, 4 replies, latest was 14 years ago)

Fuel cells, developed by the space race.
And your argument that we're outgrowing this planet, actually says we should look for external sources of materials and eventually colonisation.
(PsychoChomp, Tue 16 Aug 2011, 17:41, Reply)

fuel cells either use hydrogen, which is as much use as chocolate fireguard for mass transport
or bacteria, in which case they don't work.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Tue 16 Aug 2011, 17:43, Reply)

your second point is a valid one, though.
The only way that human population will continue to expand is another source of resources, or extraterrestrial colonisation. The problem is that we think we're cleverer than we are, we think we're more important than we are, and we hugely underestimate what a bunch of selfish cunts we are. Preservation of resources for future generations? Like fuck. You'll sooner see Monty listening to Boyzone.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Tue 16 Aug 2011, 17:47, Reply)

I don't see the problem with Hydrogen as a fuel stuff.
Production is a problem at the moment but there was just a few days ago a study about a new enzyme discovered to catalise the production from water. Transport and storage is not beyond current tech.
(PsychoChomp, Tue 16 Aug 2011, 17:48, Reply)

the amount of activation energy necessary to separate H from O in water is astronomical.
So, we aren't going to overcome that. Not even with some funky enzyme. And every other source of H2 is, one way or another, a limited resource.

Production is not ever going to stop being a problem because from a chemical energy point of view it's hideously unfavourable.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Tue 16 Aug 2011, 17:51, Reply)

I prefer the more realistic 'massive population culling through the magic of genocide'

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 16 Aug 2011, 17:51, Reply)

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This 12 part magazine builds into a unique collection which celebrates this unique form of population control and unreasonable hatred.

Part one on Ethnic Cleansing is just £1.99 from all good newsagents
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Tue 16 Aug 2011, 17:55, Reply)

and comes free with this replica canister of Zyklon B

( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Tue 16 Aug 2011, 18:09, Reply)

I am SO pitching this to DeAgostini.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 16 Aug 2011, 18:11, Reply)

"I love Nazis
best of all the jewkillers
I love Nazis
They're my friends"
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Tue 16 Aug 2011, 18:17, Reply)

*Googles*


*gutted*
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 16 Aug 2011, 18:10, Reply)

Yeah right the Gwizz has really taken off
How much carbon based energy is used to produce all these 'alternatives' in the first instance...
( Light In Chains maker of the ikea sofa, Tue 16 Aug 2011, 17:42, Reply)

population is self-levelling from an evolutionary point of view.
bollocks to trying to support it. Accept that it can't be supported.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Tue 16 Aug 2011, 17:42, Reply)

The self levelling in this instance being wars over food and water supplies
The time to planning the worlds population growth passed some time ago
( Light In Chains maker of the ikea sofa, Tue 16 Aug 2011, 17:46, Reply)

that's how every single other species in the history of evolution has done it.
resources vs population size. Our problem is arrogance in believing we're better than that. We aren't.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Tue 16 Aug 2011, 17:49, Reply)

Anyway bring it on, no Chinkys gonna nab my dog without a fight

( Light In Chains maker of the ikea sofa, Tue 16 Aug 2011, 17:54, Reply)

That's the spirit.

( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Tue 16 Aug 2011, 18:01, Reply)

Nature is good at thinning us out though
Yay for drought and disease.
(Cancer Joy was short lived, Tue 16 Aug 2011, 17:45, Reply)

Don't forget genocide.
Nommy, nommy genocide.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 16 Aug 2011, 17:52, Reply)

it's like the equivalent of buying a house on a busy busy main road
and then getting a trusting miaowing little pet that likes to be outside... but has no chance of learning the green cross code... or of pressing the buttons on the pedestrian crossing without opposable thumbs...
( rachelswipe with a fork, Tue 16 Aug 2011, 18:06, Reply)