Joy! Apocalypse delayed until 2030
I always thought a stray meteorite would just smack into the world in, oh, 2020, and that would be that.
Or, perhaps, around 2015, everyone would become a celebrity and have a simultaneous nervous breakdown, brought on by excessive drug abuse, causing a Koresh-like disappearance of humanity.
But no, the year to prepare all your insurance policies for is 2030.
By that year, according to Professor John Beddington, the U.K. government's chief scientist, food and energy demand will have risen by 50 percent and fresh water by 30 percent. And the global population will have risen to around 8.3 billion.
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Professor Beddington said at the Sustainable Development UK conference today that it will be a "perfect storm." Because today's storm is, of course, so frightfully flawed.
Here's the good news. For the United Kingdom, at least: "We're relatively fortunate in the U.K. There may not be shortages here, but we can expect prices of food and energy to rise."
Yes, Britain may, again, rule the world. Now that would, indeed, be perfect.
It's not that I'm pessimistic, but does Professor Beddington really believe that, given the way things have been going lately, there will even be a world by 2030? I worry that he doesn't watch enough TV.
Live for today, people. Tomorrow may not be another day after all.
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There's also plenty of agricultural land. Did you think that the Brits just covered everything in a layer of concrete?
Educated people that have jobs and contribute to society tend to not have 8 or so kids... they are smart enough... and proud enough.. to realize what happens when they exceed their means.
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