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TStephen J Clark wrote:
> 
> WHAT WILL LIFE LOOK LIKE IN THE YEAR 3000?
> 
> The answer must be : Totally different from now.  Just look at what we
> have to look forward to?  Not a lot.
> 
> THE ENERGY CRUNCH
> 
> Fuels - fossil fuels and uranium - are predicted to run out by 2050, and
> hydroelectric and geology are close to their maximum capacity.  Unless
> alternative sources of energy can be developed in time there will be
> a collapse in production.
> 
> As a result of the loss of fossil fuels the petrochemical industry will
> cease (no raw materials) which will mean no more plastics etc. with
> devastating effects - just imagine how dependent we are on artificial
> fibres for clothing.
> 
> CLIMATE CHANGE
> The predicted global warming will devastate agriculture and cause
> an intensification of weather (colder winters + hotter summers), flooding
> of low-lying areas etc. Ozone depletion is less of a problem since its
> effects will reach a maximum and then be reduced as the ozone layer
> restores itself.
> 
> THE FOOD AND WATER CRUNCH
> Wordwide, freshwater resources are diminishing and can be expected to be
> an increasing cause of conflict in the near future.  Foodwise, the
> benefits of the green revolution are being swamped by the ever-increasing
> populations as a result wildlife will be squeezed and extinctions will
> increase dramatically.
> 
> DISEASE
> The spread of diseases such as AIDS, TB, and antibiotic-resistant
> infections is occurring now and will accellerate and be made worse by
> pollution related illness (e.g. asthma), and demographic pressures on
> health services.
> 
> So that is the next 50 years or so.  I predict a massive collapse in
> world populations analagous to that occurring around 1350 AD when trade
> and agriculture were no longer able to cope and the old system collapsed.
> And the Black Death finiished what was left over. Then populations
> took some 400 years to recover.  This time round it will be much worse,
> The post-cataclysmic population will probably be reduced to perhaps 2
> billion.  But by year 3000 AD civilization should have recovered to a
> level which agriculture and energy resources can support and
> (hopefully) population control measures put in place to maintain a good
> standard of living.
> 
> --
> Steve Clark
> Centre for Environmental Chemistry, BRUNEL University
> Uxbridge, Middx UB8 3PH, UK
> URL : http://http1.brunel.ac.uk:8080/~casrsjc


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