Olduvai Theory and the raping of natural resources.

[whattheydontsay]

The other night while enjoying the vast complexities of Adult Swim on Cartoon Network they made reference to the Olduvai Theory. This got me all excited and thanks to the internet I found it in no time. Scientists have always calculated the energy usage per person in proportion to the natural resources available. They've all concluded that the peak of the ratio came in 1978 and ever since we've been in a downfall. It states that our advanced civilization is a one-shot deal and because of the way we treat the earth, consuming everything, that this shot will not last. The theory itself claims 2025 is the estimated time when natural resources will begin to become scarce, reminding me of another theory in which the end result is a world war fought over natural resources. I think that 2025 is a bit soon, but hey, maybe the ice caps will melt and we'll be in an ice age by then so we won't have to worry about it. Anyway, they claim at this point that even our success has become failure. And I love that line, "even our success has become failure." Because for every giant leap forward we're destroying the only thing that's giving us the energy to make that leap forward. In the end we enter a post-Industrial era where the choices are return to nature or extinction. Personally I'd love it if the cities would crumble and we'd all have to return to tribes and such. But eh, you don't get everything you want for Christmas... I suppose if we were all berry pickers again the entire human race would be trying to convince the animals of the world to be vegetarian Please don't eat me!

[zatoichi]

if we'd just put more tax money into researching alternative energy sources and all became vegan, it seems like this could all be averted.

[whattheydontsay]

Actually I was hoping for some epic hero person to come along and take control of the entire flow of life turning everything into a super nifty mythological 'end of the world' battle. The buildings would crumble, forests would automatically engulf cities... but yeah, taxes... that's kinda boring don't ya think?

[zatoichi]

not if they're super, radioactive, mutant taxes...

[PeriledSoul]

Hmmm thats interesting. Entropy is the truest law of nature. Everything gradually gets destroyed. I really do hope the end of the world happens when im alive. Cause then we can all laugh and tell everyone we told you so then die a glorious death