Population control - not controversial I hope..

Having just fought my way through 'pleb time' (rush hour) at Clapham Junction, I feel we need to either,

1. Start reducing in number (yes I know, I'll go first..)

2. Find some more planets to pollute, i.e. massively increase global investment in space travel and start collonising, even if it is 50 zillion light years to the next habitable planet..

As I don't see there ever being enough 'despots' to achieve 1. in an organised and acceptable way to those 'plebs' who 'care', I'm in favour of 2. on the basis that as we have started to destroy the universe, we may as well Magnus the rest of it.

What do you think?

Fx

I think you should make us all a nice cuppa. It's too early for this kinda thinking.

I'm all in favour of colonising the universe. It's a great shame that reaching the moon seemed to herald the end of man's ambitions in space, rather than the beginning. We should have had colonies on the moon and Mars by now, plus maybe a nice little one on one of Saturn's moons. What have we been pissing about at?

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Move to the sticks Frankie.

Quote: Frankie Rage @ July 31 2008, 10:03 AM BST

Having just fought my way through 'pleb time' (rush hour) at Clapham Junction, I feel we need to either,

1. Start reducing in number (yes I know, I'll go first..)

2. Find some more planets to pollute, i.e. massively increase global investment in space travel and start collonising, even if it is 50 zillion light years to the next habitable planet..

As I don't see there ever being enough 'despots' to achieve 1. in an organised and acceptable way to those 'plebs' who 'care', I'm in favour of 2. on the basis that as we have started to destroy the universe, we may as well Magnus the rest of it.

What do you think?

Fx

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Good idea actually, the theory is, for everyone to live as we do, we would need 4 planet earths.

It wouldn't actually be that far to a new planet, Mars could be terraformed this is a process in which you change the planet to make it livable (in the case of Mars, super greenhouse effect)

And a moon called Titan has been speculated to be able to handle life after being terraformed.

The most boring post award goes to.....

It hasn't gone very well in China...

Quote: chipolata @ July 31 2008, 11:32 AM BST

What have we been pissing about at?

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Trying to find a spare trillion dollars to make it possible?

There's renewed interest in the Moon and Mars, much of it driven by China's space program. It's giving the U.S. an incentive to compete again after all these years.

Quote: Nigel Kelly @ July 31 2008, 11:59 AM BST

Move to the sticks Frankie.

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I have - I used to live in Fulham and Chelsea - moved 'sarf' of the river when the money ran out...

Fx

We could always go down the route of 'Logan's Run', and kill everybody once they reach thirty. At least that'll signal the end of 'Mock the Week', with it's motely crew of over-aged gobshites.

Quote: Griff @ July 31 2008, 2:05 PM BST

*motley*

At least us over-30s can spell.

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Cheers Aaron. And I'm thirty-five. I've been heavily influenced in my spelling error by the many other contributors to this site.

Quote: john lucas 101 @ July 31 2008, 2:01 PM BST

We could always go down the route of 'Logan's Run', and kill everybody once they reach thirty. At least that'll signal the end of 'Mock the Week', with it's motely crew of over-aged gobshites.

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Damn fair point re MTW John! Nice one!

Quote: Griff @ July 31 2008, 2:18 PM BST

It's a high-pressure environment on these boards. I'm now worrying whether I should have written "over-30's" with an apostrophe.

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Nope! You're fine! I think...

Quote: Griff @ July 31 2008, 1:54 PM BST

C'mon, you spend more than that on Snickers bars, hamburgers and Doritos.

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I've never spent a dime on Doritos (hate 'em) or Snickers (allergic to peanuts) but the money I've spent on beer would probably be enough to send a midget to live on Mars for a week or two.

Quote: Scatterbrained Floozy @ July 31 2008, 2:20 PM BST

Nope! You're fine! I think...

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"30s" is Hitler's personal preference.