The answer to your question is (Madness.) Anything can happen, from a Third World War to a great plague on humans. As nature is to take care of itself, as always.
2006-12-17 05:35:59
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answer #2
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answered by Walt. 5
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Actually, the reality of the situation is that in SE Asia, China and Latina America, populations growth rates are reaching a plateau. Their populations are high, but they can be fed.
The issue is that these people will have almost no upward social mobility as their resources are so low, there will be many millions born into a state of perpetual poverty.
Africa is one of the few places where population growth is accelerating- perversely, with highest growth rates in countries with fewest resources. In 1900, Ethiopia's census indicated around 600,00 people, maybe 1 million most. In 1993 population was 60 million, 8+ million whom were totally dependent on food aid.
But, the bizarre situation is that America and the EU produce massive food surpluses, which are often wastefully dumped into the ocean or left to rot, which could be used to feed the Third World.
We have the means and the technology to create potable water from poor quality and saline water, improve soil fertility, reafforest clear-cut areas, which are all affordable under well-planned development loan systems but the political will is lacking.
Generally speaking, the 3rd world attempts unsuccessfully to emulate the major centralized systems of the 1st world such as water and electricity which is wasteful of money and tend to provide the urban affluent classes, but is generally unaffordable and does not meet the needs of the bulk of their citizens.
Crime is increasing due to the disintegration of traditional family and community structures as well as poor images perpetuated in the mass media. Furthermore, targeted education & training resources which may have allowed some less academically able lower class people (the highest representative demographic in criminal convictions) escape from the crime trap have gradually disappeared. Drug addiction has not been successfully countered due to poorly co-ordinated police & governmental effort as well as not tackling the drug trade as an economic ratehr than a moral crisis.
For example, realistic depictions of people and race are extremely rare, ie very few well-mannered, grounded, mildly conservative middle-class families with reasonably well-behaved kids and both parents working hard to make ends meet are rarely depicted- instead we are bombarded with ridiculous stereotypes such as the gangster rapper, the wealthy lawyer, the all-loving all-caring doctor, the moral president etc. The more one glamourises crime, the more attractive it becomes top impressionable and rather thick teens. Crime tends not to be committed out of necessity but more out of opportunism.
Furthermore, one could convincingly argue that the disincentive for violent crime has gone with the lack of a quickly resolved capital punishment system- note the extreme extended periods on Death Row for many capital criminal cases.
In summary, the future, particularly of the 1st world is not as bleak, but we are definitely witnessing greater and perhaps unbridgeable gaps emerging in all forms between the upper and lower income stratas and a downward slide of the middle-class.
In the 3rd world, most governments have stable governments committed to reducing their foreign debt, but there are massive issues in the 3rd world which need to be resolved. Most important is national debt- which parallises many resource-rich nations to not be able to develop to their highest potential- for example oil, timber & mineral wealthy Nigeria. Secondary is corruption- both to monetary gain and external influences not in their native country's best interests.
I doubt the next wars will be fought between 3rd world nations over food or water- this are available wuite readily and not finite.
I strongly believe that wealthy 1st world nations unfairly over-using resources will use force to unfairly control a weaker party's strategic resources- especially if that country develops an attitude of independence and self-reliance.
Currently we have a surplus of resources, the issue is that these are wastefully utilised. Improvements in conservation and major attitude will greatly lengthen the viability of these resources.
For example, 80% of the world gets by with passenger or light-use vehicles with 3 litre or less engine capacity, but in the US, the largest vehicle sector is the large-capacity, heavy SUV- which the owners seldom use for their full off-road purpose. An example of wasted oil-resources.
Manufactures must end planned obsolescence and take some responsibility for their product. Governments must regain some control over market demands and reinvest in their greatest asset, their human resources.
2006-12-17 06:04:37
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answer #3
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answered by Ministry of Camp Revivalism 4
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All I know is this:
I do not know what world war three will be fought with, but I DO KNOW that world war four will be fought with sticks and rocks.
2006-12-17 05:33:15
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answer #4
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answered by Ex Head 6
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