On 9/10/2013 3:25 PM, sf wrote:
> On Wed, 11 Sep 2013 05:53:06 +1000, Jeßus > wrote:
>
>> On Mon, 9 Sep 2013 08:50:34 -0700 (PDT), Kalmia
>> > wrote:
>>
>>
>>> Let's face it - we are too many people fouling a too small nest. Where will the breaking point be?
>>
>> Nearly every significant problem we face is due to overpopulation.
>>
>> Where will the breaking point will be is a good question... we are
>> still a *long* way from the point where most people will accept that
>> we can't keep on breeding at the rate that we currently are, or even
>> giving it a second's thought for that matter.
>
> So we really do need a WWIII or a huge plague. I thought AIDS was
> going to be the one, but modern medicine worked on it faster than I
> expected.
>
And don't forget Ebola, that was supposed to be a possible extinction
plague as well.

I think if Fukushima isn't contained, that might come as closed as
anything since the last big meteorite strikes near the Tertiary period.