'Planet Earth 2100': the Final Century of Civilization? Interactive Fact Page »
Posted By Eagle_Eye 5 months, 1 week ago in Science & TechnologyThis is the ABC interactive page for the Story which has many links the the research and facts they used in making this program.
It seems outlandish, extreme -- even impossible. But according to cutting edge scientific research, it is a very real possibility. And unless we make drastic changes now, it could very well happen.
Experts have a stark warning: that unless we change course, the "perfect storm" of population growth, dwindling resources and climate change has the potential to converge in the next century with catastrophic results.
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Eagle_Eye5 months, 1 week ago
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They did a great job presenting many many scenarios that could be the down fall. But the number one thing I got was that it has to be "Population Control". We are going to exceed our Natural Resources, there are all ready droughts affecting our produce, less corn growth less live stock raising, losing birds brings more insects, bacteria virus' mutating.....our earth, a living organism is a vast network of arteries and veins....when the organism gets sick the arteries get clogged, the interactive web of life breaks apart, strand by strand.
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There is a lot to think about.
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Eagle_Eye5 months, 1 week ago
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The chick in the picture is protecting the families water supply!! LOL, it is interesting to see some of the picture selections that come up when you submit the stories, if there is nothing relevant then I pick the most bizarre just for laughs....
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not2needy5 months, 1 week ago
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Oh EE.. I have to tell you i was really disappointed with the program. I think Discovery would have done a much better and more realistic program. The animation caused it to lose credibility, and there were wayyyyyyyy too many commercials.
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Don't misunderstand! I think they got the point across, but it lost something in the animated translation, and just about the time i was really beginning to get comfortable with it and felt like i was learning something, BAM, commercial time.. I think there had to be an hours worth of commercials out of the 2 hour program. I was really disappointed!
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Eagle_Eye5 months, 1 week ago
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I was disappointed with the animation and feel Discovery Chanel could of done it better, but I did feel that they presented a great program covering many many aspects of planet changes,
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But I do agree, the animation made it seem some what "cheap" and this is from a company that owns Disney with the worlds best animators. -
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dunkirk5 months, 1 week ago
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I took the animation to mean exactly that that it wasn'tr reality BUT a possiility of what could happen if we dont change. The message and information the program presented were indeed eye opening. BUT the commercials .......... lol
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orndorffter5 months, 1 week ago
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We have a bad problem with the population control and it is not getting any better. EE, You have brought it to many peoples attion and you did it very well. I must say you stuck with it all the way and that was good. Has anyone seen the things that are ready begain or has happened? I wrote it down in my book a mothers reflection of love, so if I am not here when it happens they well know that I knew ahead of time, and if it hadn't been for ee I would never been able to let them know. Thanks EE.
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globalwarmer5 months, 1 week ago
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I liked the way they put together the montage of civilizations that came and went.. very telling. And what did that lady say about the person on Easter Island that decided to chop down the last tree? "What was going through their mind?"
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