On Fri, 22 Mar 2002 19:13:13 +0100 "C. ten Broeke" <[log in to unmask]> writes: > When in the supermarket or any other place where you can buy > products, you can see a lot of things that are MUST have instead > of NEED to have. Ardeith writes: Most people don't seem to realize there's a difference between WANT and NEED. How many people do you know who are deeply in debt to credit card companies because of their WANTS??? Christy wrote: > Instead of turning to space in case our planet gets even > more overcrowded I think we should try and make a > better situation here on earth. Ardeith writes: Possibilities (as I see it ) 1. Our technological society is unsustainable and will eventually crash........and our population numbers will be reduced..........the hard way. 2. Our population will keep growing until all life forms that are not directly important to our survival will be eliminated.......whales, bears, moose, birds.....and everyone on the planet will be vegetarian because it is a proven fact that you can fill more bellies with grain products than with meat.......see "Diet For A Small Planet".......and even so, unlimited growth of the human population is unsustainable, and will crash eventually....... 3. Humanity will make a world-wide committment to reducing the world's population load......and to using only ecologically-friendly technology.....(can you see the icicles forming in Hell?) Christy wrote: > I'd hate to think we would become so overpopulated that we have an > urgent need for looking into spaceflights. Ardeith writes: I think humans *need* frontiers......and we've used up Earth in that respect.......I think this is one reason there is so much trouble in our big cities. The young people see no hope of anything better than they presently have .......they have no *frontier* to hope for....."Space: The Final Frontier" Christy wrote: You tell me where the link between nature and what ends > up on your plate is then. Ardeith writes: I don't think most people in the US and Europe see the link today........that's the problem.....that, and too many humans on the planet....... [log in to unmask] Walk The Path With Practical Feet! ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/web/.