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Nasa-funded study warns society is headed for irreversible collapse in coming decades Experts have warned that the world as we know it could be doomed to suffer irreversible collapse in the coming decades. And no, this is not another conspiracy theory cooked up by the Mayans this time the warning comes from a study funded by Nasa. Led by applied mathematician Safa Motesharri, a new study made possible by the Goddard Space Flight Centre warns that global industrial civilisation is doomed to catastrophe because of the overstretched demand for resources. The process of rise-and-collapse is actually a recurrent cycle found throughout history, explains the academic paper set to be published in the Ecological Economics journal. A combination of unsustainable resource exploitation, unequal wealth distribution and overconsumption could lead to the collapse of industrialed society within a few decades, it warns. The study suggests that even well-established, advanced civilisations can be both fragile and impermanent citing the fall of the Roman Empire as a prime example. Patterns of wealth stratification (such as increased disparity between rich and poor) and the stretching of resources have played a role in collapses throughout history and are prevalent today, the report said. In order to avert disaster the academics recommend policies to improve a fairer distribution of resources, dramatically reduce resource consumption and slow population growth. Thats right, experts funded by Nasa have spent months (and presumably many, many dollars) to conclude that the theory set out by 18th century scholar Thomas Malthus was correct after all. http://metro.co.uk/2014/03/16/nasa-funded-study-warns-society-is-headed-for-irreversible-collapse-in-coming-decades-4605677/ |
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@wettoast | 16 March 14 | |
how much did this study cost
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@purple | 16 March 14 | |
Too many big words to read this late
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@newt182 | 16 March 14 | |
This is written better: http://www.theguardian.com/environment/earth-insight/2014/mar/14/nasa-civilisation-irreversible-collapse-study-scientists Edit: This reply wasn't at you, purple, more big words are in this link. |
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@purple | 16 March 14 | |
Oh how kind of u, I almost clicked that
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@tinydude | 16 March 14 | |
I'm glad people who matter are finally coming clean about this. We are circling the drain, and the s**t's going to hit the fan in our life time. We've been fked by generation after generation of corporate greed and political corruption and mismanagement. |
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@guyver | 16 March 14 | |
and let me guess, nasa's solution is one which it benefits from. ie, stop using this and that form of energy, start using our energy. *hands the government all its research and plans to mine the moon or some other planet in order to get a massive contract on leading/monopolizing the new 'green energy' source*
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@newt182 | 16 March 14 | |
I wonder if anything will actually be done by the elite about the greed and corruption, or if they will just allow things to carry on until the end of modern civilised society. Also what the hell are we going to do about over population?
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@purple | 16 March 14 | |
I really should stop trying to read this topic
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@guyver | 16 March 14 | |
@ purple - 16.03.14 - 10:39pm I really should stop trying to read this topic dont worry, none of it will ever happen, its nothing but a modern day 'jesus will return to kill us all' end of the world scaremongering. |
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@newt182 | 16 March 14 | |
@ guyver - 16.03.14 - 10:41pm dont worry, none of it will ever happen, its nothing but a modern day 'jesus will return to kill us all' end of the world scaremongering. I wish I lived in your world where there are no problems. |
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