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To: Eva who wrote (71447)	3/3/2011 1:27:12 PM
From: elmatador	Respond to of 217714

Eva is right. I am in South Africa now and can see it.

To: Eva who wrote (71447)	3/3/2011 2:43:45 PM
From: Bert	1 Recommendation Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 217714

Eva....I realize it can't get much worse...and resource extraction means local jobs, growing economies, etc....which translates into improved lifestyles and all the consumption that goes with it.....so what happens when another 1 billion people with improving lifestyles come on board? So now you make it 4 billion people becoming consumers with western lifestyle aspirations as projected on TV and MSM? That's going to make it easier for the earth to cope?....can't happen without some serious rejiggering of the global population/economic dynamic. So we become third world and they become first?...does the US go from using 22% of the world's oil to 12%....what does that look like day to day in the US?.....or perhaps we all meet in the middle and become one big happy family without any adjustment in lifestyle?....again, with resources stretched to the limit right now, how do you factor in another 4 billion consumers to the already maxed out situation?...4 billion consumers that did not exist 10-15 years ago....and what would be some of the consequences of this increase in consumption?