Have a spouse or other family members or friends who aren't on board? Show them this. Want to start a prepping discussion or try to find out if someone else is a prepper w/o outing yourself? Play stupid and worried and show them this report, and ask their opinion on it. Below are excerpts from the article. Look below that for a couple other very interesting links.
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Login Civilization was pretty great while it lasted, wasn't it? Too bad it's not going to for much longer.
According to a new study sponsored by NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, we only have a few decades left before everything we know and hold dear collapses.The report, written by applied mathematician Safa Motesharrei of the National Socio-Environmental Synthesis Center along with a team of natural and social scientists, explains that
modern civilization is doomed. And there's not just one particular group to blame, but the entire fundamental structure and nature of our society.
Analyzing five risk factors for societal collapse (population, climate, water, agriculture and energy), the report says that the sudden downfall of complicated societal structures can follow when these factors converge to form two important criteria.....
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The worst-case scenarios predicted by Motesharrei are pretty dire, involving sudden collapse due to famine or a drawn-out breakdown of society due to the over-consumption of natural resources. The best-case scenario involves recognition of the looming catastrophe by Elites and a more equitable restructuring of society, but who really believes that is going to happen?....
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As of last year, humans are using more resources than the Earth can replenish and the planet's distribution of resources among its terrestrial inhabitants is massively unequal. This is what happened to Rome and the Mayans, according to the report.
... historical collapses were allowed to occur by elites who appear to be oblivious to the catastrophic trajectory (most clearly apparent in the Roman and Mayan cases).....
....In maybe the nicest way to say the end is nigh possible, Motesharrei's report concludes that "closely reflecting the reality of the world today ... we find that collapse is difficult to avoid."
Writes Nafeez Ahmed at The Guardian:
"Although the study is largely theoretical, a number of other more empirically-focused studies — by KPMG and the UK Government Office of Science for instance — have warned that the convergence of food, water and energy crises could create a 'perfect storm' within about fifteen years. But these 'business as usual' forecasts could be very conservative."
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UK Government Office of Science mentioned above--look at the references/sources for this paper at the very end of the paper. This info does not come from Billy Joe Bob's crazy conspiracy theory website. These are high speed global organizations: International Monetary Fund (IMF), World Bank, International Energy Agency, global and international scientific organizations, etc.
The paper basically states that by 2030, the demand for both food and energy will be increased by 50%, and the demand for water by 30%.You are not allowed to view links.
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LoginKPMG looks interesting-- they have some pretty cool infographics for those who relate more to visuals than text. KPMG has produced a number of article for its research entitled "Future State 2030." Go here to see all titles
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LoginHere is an interesting link on resource stress (specifically, water)
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"By 2030, the estimated global gap between water supply and demand will be 40%."Here is an interesting link on global public debt
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"If current trends continue, global levels of net public debt are set to reach 98% of GDP by 2035."