Jared Diamond on Easter Island in

C christiki295 Member LA-2547 mls east Hawaii &5500 Easter Is Joined: Apr 09, 2003 Posts: 3837	C christiki295 Posted posted on Sat, Oct 21, 2006 3:27 AM With the 300 millionth child in the US, the issue of fossil fuels, and whether we have used up 50% of the world's supply, along with deforestation, I wonder if we are not already down a ways along Easter Island's path. "By now the meaning of Easter Island for us should be chillingly obvious. Easter Island is Earth writ small. Today, again, a rising population confronts shrinking resources. We too have no emigration valve, because all human societies are linked by international transport, and we can no more escape into space than the Easter Islanders could flee into the ocean. If we continue to follow our present course, we shall have exhausted the world's major fisheries, tropical rain forests, fossil fuels, and much of our soil by the time my sons reach my current age."

With the 300 millionth child in the US, the issue of fossil fuels, and whether we have used up 50% of the world's supply, along with deforestation, I wonder if we are not already down a ways along Easter Island's path.

"By now the meaning of Easter Island for us should be chillingly obvious. Easter Island is Earth writ small. Today, again, a rising population confronts shrinking resources. We too have no emigration valve, because all human societies are linked by international transport, and we can no more escape into space than the Easter Islanders could flee into the ocean. If we continue to follow our present course, we shall have exhausted the world's major fisheries, tropical rain forests, fossil fuels, and much of our soil by the time my sons reach my current age."

Post #261983 by christiki295 on Sat, Oct 21, 2006 3:27 AM