The Swarm - or not The Swarm?

[August]

Originally Posted by Catfish

...until you bring some serious artillery.

That's why God invented the .50cal,... and hand grenades.

[Catfish]

Originally Posted by August

That's why God invented the .50cal,... and hand grenades.

Lol ok, but i still think the effect will be much less, in water. At that speed the bullet would react like hitting concrete. Grenades, maybe. Or depth charges

[August]

Originally Posted by Catfish

Lol ok, but i still think the effect will be much less, in water. At that speed the bullet would react like hitting concrete. Grenades, maybe. Or depth charges

Then how about some surplus sonar gear as a less than lethal option?

"Give me a ping Vasilli, one ping only please."

That'd sure ring Shamus bell!

[Gerald]

Well, the density of water is significantly higher so no "large" amounts are needed to stun or put a human or any animal species in a coma-closing state.

[Skybird]

I thi8nk the more we vaprise functioanl natural habitats and animals populations both prey and predator, the more animals have no other choice then to close onto human settlements and living areas, plus lifestock. We saee it on land happenign everywhere. Species that usually kept away, are driven by hunger not towns and city, farms and lifestock perimeters.

WE. ARE. TOO. MANY.

8 billion, an counting, for hell's sake, that is 6-7 billion too many. Sustainable ressource management and environmental pollution prevention and biological farming so many two-legged virusses crawling around is impossible. Too many is too many.

[mapuc]

Wondering is it because we are way to many OR

Is it because we don't know how to behave as guest in the house of the Earth ?

Markus

[August]

Originally Posted by mapuc

Wondering is it because we are way to many OR

Is it because we don't know how to behave as guest in the house of the Earth ?

Markus

We're not guests.

We're as much a part of this earth as any other living being or inanimate object. As for how to behave I think the more people there is the more difficult it is for us to behave "correctly".

We have the technology and the infrastructure to support a much higher population than ever before but if they fail to keep pace with our ever increasing numbers the result will be catastrophic. Maybe even enough to destroy the capabilities we have now. Even if they can be successfully defended from the hordes of starving people crops are not much use if they can't be distributed because the countryside is in chaos. I'm guessing that the last crop man grows before a mass starvation event that severely reduces our numbers to a more sustainable level would either rot on the vine or be destroyed fighting over it but not much of it will be eaten.