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harry ashburn wrote:unfortunately,in this case, its self-correcting. Our oceans, therefore ultimately will be our bodies, imbued with microscopic plastic particles from the Texas-sized trash island, led by Fukushima waste, the pthalates will leach into our bodies and feminize males. The combination of the obesity epidemic, plus our loss of testosterone, (overcome by estrogen-mimicking compounds), will prohibit natural procreation. In addition, we have chlorine water coursing under pressure thru PVC pipe under our feet. PolyVinylChloride, with chlorinated water under pressure coursing thru it. I learned in 8th grade chemistry that water was also called "the universal solvent". Any of ya'll remember that? Bet they don't say it anymore. Anyway, shrunken male genitalia and obesity will pretty much end natural reproduction.
.the space age is dawning..
wintler2 wrote:.the space age is dawning..
Pfft. The space age is in retirement - the yanks are wheeling around the space shuttle as an object of worship and the cobbled-together space station is decades beyond its planned useby. Hollywood has alot to answer for, but then some people are just think the wonder of life on earth, gods creation to the godly, is disposable.
Ben D wrote:wintler2 wrote:.the space age is dawning..
Pfft. The space age is in retirement - the yanks are wheeling around the space shuttle as an object of worship and the cobbled-together space station is decades beyond its planned useby. Hollywood has alot to answer for, but then some people are just think the wonder of life on earth, gods creation to the godly, is disposable.
Hey,.the Cosmos is there and beckons, the science is a gift being plucked from the aethers by appropriately tuned human minds, the technological advances are accelerating,...like or hate it the space age is here, and bar nuclear armageddon, here to stay. It's not just the USA and Russia anymore, it's the planetary species realizing the capability to leave and explore the extra terrestrial environment,...China, Japan, India, Brazil, Europe, etc.. But you know all this....
Ben D wrote:If you want to know the space plans, just google 'USA moon base plans' and one by one change the country,...Japan, China, Russia, Europe, and India to get a rough idea where the off planet space program is heading, moon colonization will come first, then mars, then...
82_28 wrote:Technically and as far as we know, no human has ever left Earth's orbit, as the Moon does orbit the Earth. But I do see what you mean -- to go into orbit around another planetary or lunar body.
wintler2 wrote:Of course there are sales pitches, even rocket scientists gotta eat, right?
NASA has to pretend to be doing something with its billions in taxes. But the facts you cannot face are that we have gone nowhere offplanet for decades, are on a fantastically unsustainable road to nowhere on this planet, and no thermodynamically impossible tech wonder, sky daddy god or alien buddah is going to arrive and save us.
wintler2 wrote:Cultural reform is the only trick we've got left, and i was quite serious in suggesting upthread that womens emancipation (broadly defined, ie. legal & economic equality, community safety, as well as political rights) might deliver population control. Any opinion?
I wonder about the emancipation of women - might that be the best way to moderate births?
Sounds like you've fallen for the same namshub as HoL.
Interesting that our resident global warming deniers think they'll be taking a trip on the Enterprise!
undead wrote:Yes population reduction is needed and this is the only humane way to do it - by providing free access to birth control and contraception, as well as education for women. If women were emancipated and got to choose whether or not they would make children, they would choose to procreate within their means of living. The situation now creates overwhelming quantities of human life that are considered expendable by the capitalist elites. The more people are born and die, the more they profit. Empowering women with birth control and education would raise the general quality of life in developing countries.
But the facts you cannot face are that we have gone nowhere offplanet for decades, are on a fantastically unsustainable road to nowhere on this planet, and no thermodynamically impossible tech wonder, sky daddy god or alien buddah is going to arrive and save us.
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