I have a similar thought process. I often liken the macro of the human race to the micro. When we are young, we break our toys, simply pulling them apart. Some of us, as we get into our teen years, begin disassembling small engines, and electronics, curious as to how they work, attempting to reassemble them. A few of us go on to become technicians of such things. As a civilization, we have done much the same, randomly tearing things down as cavemen, becoming more precise in our disassembly as an industrial nation, and hopefully, as an advanced civilization of the future, we will become technicians, reassembling the planet in a way which provides symbiotic sustenance for all. I really don't see any reason that greenhouse skyscrapers located in each metropolitan area couldn't provide local food sources for the populace. This planet could reasonably sustain twice the population, if we were managed effectively, and didn't piss in our own bathwater.
On Thu, Feb 26, 2009 at 6:13 AM, Ian Pollard <[email protected]> wrote: > > 2009/2/26 archytas <[email protected]> >> >> Our current space vehicles >> remind me someone of primitive spawning in plants - like a group of >> algae forming a tower to boost one of their number from the surf to >> the jet stream. > > I think there's little point investing any money on manned space flight. The > cost is too high and we -- being a short-lived species -- are not especially > suited to travelling the enormous distances of our galaxy. > > Lovelock reckons certain countries (the UK, parts of Canada, New Zealand, > etc) will effectively become life rafts for the human population. These > countries would be broken down into super-high density cities and areas of > intensive GM-farming (forget the current fixation about free-range chickens, > my hippy friends). The borders of these countries, sadly, would need to be > barricaded and policed to stop the unfortunates getting in. > > Ian > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ""Minds Eye"" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Minds-Eye?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
