The world is coming to an end!

[brokensymmetry]

But the question is, when? What do you think?

If you choose "other" please provide your scenario!

[kymar57]

1. rapture

Yeah Right :silly:

[brokensymmetry]

12. One wants to offer choices...n/t

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[BlueJazz]

13. Yep....A thousand years from now, the religous nuts...

will still be saying " I..I know it's coming..any day now!"

[DenverDem]

2. We ignore Peak Oil at our own peril.

You are seeing the beginnings of it at the pump.

[Earth_First]

3. I agree...

but what do I know, I'm just one of those "environmentalist wackos"

[Dissenting_Prole]

8. It's not the End of the World

But oil peak is going to make it pretty damn uncomfortable for a lot of people in the meantime.

And in case you haven't heard, it WILL be the end of suburbia.

http://www.endofsuburbia.com/

[brokensymmetry]

11. I've been reading more about Peak Oil.

One issue I find of particular interest is the idea that - without plenty of oil - the carrying capacity of Earth is only about two billion people. That suggests a really big die-off.

And when faced with starvation, what do those 4 billion plus people do? :scared:

[LSdemocrat]

4. By "world" do you mean end of human life as we know it,

Or just the end of Earth itself?

[brokensymmetry]

10. Good question.

Let's use the end of human life as we know it.

The future of a blasted cinder that used to be Earth isn't very interesting...

Thanks! :)

[Maestro]

5. Personally

unless something is done to stop the wild environmental changes we are causing, I doubt that in 5,000 years the world will be recognizable as we know it, but I suppose the world would have ended by then. We'll probably end up destroying it ourselves within the next several thousand years unfortunately.

[Canuckistanian]

6. I think we should give it back to the cockroaches and crocodiles

They were taking better care of it.

[brokensymmetry]

14. The roaches will still be around -

long after man is gone, IMHO.

[camero]

7. End of the Mayan Calender

But I think it's just the end of the world as we know it. There's still 1000 years of peace that we haven't had yet. Just MHO.

[Speck Tater]

9. Of course the human race

will be extinct long before that. We have a very basic flaw that makes it impossible for most of us to think rationally. The human race is a failed experiemnt.

[Shananigans]

15. Isn't a question supposed to have a question mark after it?

or is it just me?

[brokensymmetry]

16. Sure.

But the question isn't if the world is coming to an end - that's generally accepted. The question (with appropriate punctuation) is when and how will it do so.

[voice of reason]

17. Peak OIl concerns me greatly . . .

I think we're already post-Peak, but all of the indicators tend to lag by about 5 years. When we hit $5/gallon I'll be pretty sure it has happend. That's when I sell the house and build a cabin way up in the woods.

v.o.r.