This is an eye opening article posted by Mish Shedlock and one I follow up with by Stephen Hawkings. As I told my wife “when I am gone, I will miss 3 things, you, the kids and global warming!”
For decades people have been predicting overpopulation would wipe out energy resources if not the entire planet. Every year the population bomb and peak oil crowd have been proven wrong. But how long can the status quo of generating growth by population explosion last?
Reader Rick Mills at Ahead of the Herd addresses the subject in a guest blog that first appeared on his blog as Earth Overshoot Day.
Stephen Hawking: Humans have 100 years to find a new planet
It’s no secret that physicist Stephen Hawking thinks humans are running out of time on planet Earth.
In a new BBC documentary, Hawking will test his theory that humankind must colonize another planet or perish in the next 100 years. The documentary Stephen Hawking: Expedition New Earth, will air this summer as part of BBC’s Tomorrow’s World season and will showcase that Hawking’s aspiration “isn’t as fantastical as it sounds,” according to BBC.
For years, Hawking has warned that humankind faces a slew of threats ranging from climate change to destruction from nuclear war and genetically engineered viruses.
While things look bleak, there is some hope, according to Hawking. Humans must set their sights on another planet or perish on Earth.
“We must also continue to go into space for the future of humanity,” Hawking said during a 2016 speech at Britain’s Oxford University Union.
In the past, Hawking has suggested that humankind might not survive “another 1000 years without escaping beyond our fragile planet.” The BBC documentary hints at an adjusted timeframe for colonization, which many may see in their lifetime.