Hi BC. Far be it from me to argue with more knowledgeable posters such as yourself but look at this projection of world population:
Year Total world population
(mid-year figures) Ten-year growth
rate (%)
1950 2,556,000,053 18.9%
1960 3,039,451,023 22.0
1970 3,706,618,163 20.2
1980 4,453,831,714 18.5
1990 5,278,639,789 15.2
2000 6,082,966,429 12.6
2010 6,848,932,929 10.7
2020 7,584,821,144 8.7
2030 8,246,619,341 7.3
2040 8,850,045,889 5.6
2050 9,346,399,468 —
Provided by U.S. Census Bureau
Fifty years from now we could have 10 billion people. In the past fifty years we have better than doubled the population.
Just think how many more "gadgets" we have today than 50 years ago. My point is in the next 50 years, with the increased amount of humans, presumably at least a googleplex or two more energy eating gadgets, I just dont believe the last 50 will look much like the next 50. I think oil may be available in some quantity at some price as you suggest, but its hard to imagine w/o some form of population control and a much lower standard of survival, that we will have energy as we know it today.
Anyway, that is for you youngsters to worry about. GLTA, Bob |
