The next big scare! D:

First it was the Devil (and it still it to some!), then it was the use of nuclear armaments, then AIDS came rollin´ in, and now we´re all worried about the condition of the global climate.

So, what do you think will be the next big global "scare", OT? :3

Gingerbread men..i swear..those little guys are crafty buggers..:x

Gingerbread men..i swear..those little guys are crafty buggers..:x

Xx_Hopeless_xX

UFOs :shock:.

My money is on rabbit flu. B1N1

Mega-super-eXtreme apocalypse scenario 2012 seems to be looming pretty heavily...spazzx625

Gotta´ admit spazz -- i´m not seeing people taking this whole 2012 seriously! But i guess that could change. :P

There´s always some tinfoiled geezer whipping up drama somewhere, he might get a following by that time. :3

After that I feel like some super virus will fill the void for a bit and then California will suddenly sink into the ocean and people will run around scared spazzx625

Ah, good ol´ super viruses, eh? :3 Can´t have a post-humanity scenario without ´em. And i think california is already sinking into the ocean D: atleast economically.

UFOs :shock:.

Matt_1337

Asteroid strike.

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UFOs :shock:.

BiancaDK

Well, don't say I didn't warn you :P.

[QUOTE="spazzx625"]Mega-super-eXtreme apocalypse scenario 2012 seems to be looming pretty heavily...BiancaDK

Gotta´ admit spazz -- i´m not seeing people taking this whole 2012 seriously! But i guess that could change. :P

There´s always some tinfoiled geezer whipping up drama somewhere, he might get a following by that time. :3

After that I feel like some super virus will fill the void for a bit and then California will suddenly sink into the ocean and people will run around scared spazzx625

Ah, good ol´ super viruses, eh? :3 Can´t have a post-humanity scenario without ´em. And i think california is already sinking into the ocean D: atleast economically.

fresh water shortages...comp_atkins

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UFOs :shock:.

Matt_1337

Well, don't say I didn't warn you :P.

[QUOTE="comp_atkins"]fresh water shortages...Jandurin

Honestly BiancaDK, I don't think there will be one. I think we're on a downward path because of oil & water shortages, wars, global warming. It's just going to be too much and one day, maybe in 10, maybe in 100 years everything as we know it will shockingly change. I'm almost resigned to it now. Great topic though, !btaylor2404

But the energy industry is developing new methods of drilling oil! Up until recently, the drilling have been extremely wasteful and inefficient (we were getting like 25-45% of the oil out of the oil sources), but word on the street is, we´re gonna´ be able to empty up to 70-75% of the natural oil reserves located!

Also, we´ve been at war since the dawn of man :3 And we´ve had nuclear capabilities for what it is, 70-80 years now? And we are still´ kickin´ lively!

And regarding climate changes, we are humans! We can totally adapt to whatever gaia throws at us. ^.^

Be the optimist! *clenches fists as i scour the horizon with a distant look in my eyes*

Asteroid strike.

sonicare

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[QUOTE="BiancaDK"] Im talkin global scares, not stuff strictly reserved for the tinfoil brigadeWolls

Well, don't say I didn't warn you :P.

Or many average sized UFOs scattered across the globe.

Asteroid strike.

...It's like a cockroach...spazzx625

it was believable up until the point where california apparently transmogrifs into solid leadBiancaDK

Probably reaching critical mass where population growth and diminishing resources slowly lead to global warfare. :)nocoolnamejim

*nods*

seems feasible enough i guess.

Dibs on being NOD.

But I'd rather hope that we get contacted by aliens and that the next major scare is first contact with an advanced alien race and everyone panicking about a possible invasion. nocoolnamejim

I´d advice you not to hold the door for that one to come around. :lol:

Gingerbread men..i swear..those little guys are crafty buggers..:x

Xx_Hopeless_xX

There's already one on its way. Fortunately, it's impact zone will only affect those in Scandanavian countries. . . . sonicare

We´ve weathered out worse.

*peers to the skies from my rocking chair with old painless on my lap*

[QUOTE="Jandurin"][QUOTE="comp_atkins"]fresh water shortages...sonicare

Global warming eh? Tell that to a record breaking december where we got tons more snow than any other recorded month in the history of this state. Damn you polar bears.

[QUOTE="btaylor2404"]Honestly BiancaDK, I don't think there will be one. I think we're on a downward path because of oil & water shortages, wars, global warming. It's just going to be too much and one day, maybe in 10, maybe in 100 years everything as we know it will shockingly change. I'm almost resigned to it now. Great topic though, !BiancaDK

But the energy industry is developing new methods of drilling oil! Up until recently, the drilling have been extremely wasteful and inefficient (we were getting like 25-45% of the oil out of the oil sources), but word on the street is, we´re gonna´ be able to empty up to 70-75% of the natural oil reserves located!

Also, we´ve been at war since the dawn of man :3 And we´ve had nuclear capabilities for what it is, 70-80 years now? And we are still´ kickin´ lively!

And regarding climate changes, we are humans! We can totally adapt to whatever gaia throws at us. ^.^

Be the optimist! *clenches fists as i scour the horizon with a distant look in my eyes*

Oil=No, I think we hit peak oil long ago, and now all the oil we will get in the future will be "hard oil" or difficult and pricey to get. Plus add all the new car users in the world. Maybe if the population stayed the same, but not at current growth levels.

War=Yep, we've been fighting forever, but never everywhere. There's wars or civil wars going on nearly everywhere or with every country involved.

Climate Change=If we hit 2 1/2-3 degrees hotter and the ice caps melt, the chain reaction will be devastating. Methane gas, entire countries flooded, many coastal US cities gone. My point is we just don't give a crap, many of us do, but way too many more think it's overblown when the evidence, from people much smarter than them on the subject is overwhelming. I really think it may be too late unless in the next year or two we have another massive Katrina like event. I'm as optimistic as anyone you'll ever meet, I just don't see us making the needed changes on a global level.

[QUOTE="sonicare"]There's already one on its way. Fortunately, it's impact zone will only affect those in Scandanavian countries. . . . BiancaDK

We´ve weathered out worse.

*peers to the skies from my rocking chair with old painless on my lap*

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Asteroid strike.

sonicare

[QUOTE="sonicare"][QUOTE="Jandurin"] yeah, pretty muchcomp_atkins

More like, there will be terrorists there and we will have to invade. But they are right, the Ogallalla aquifer, for example, should run dry in the next 30 years. that will be fun times.

Don't expect the Great Lakes to be much use, bottled water companies are already all over that.

[QUOTE="nocoolnamejim"]Probably reaching critical mass where population growth and diminishing resources slowly lead to global warfare. :)BiancaDK

*nods*

seems feasible enough i guess.

Dibs on being NOD.

But I'd rather hope that we get contacted by aliens and that the next major scare is first contact with an advanced alien race and everyone panicking about a possible invasion. nocoolnamejim

I´d advice you not to hold the door for that one to come around. :lol:

Oil=No, I think we hit peak oil long ago, and now all the oil we will get in the future will be "hard oil" or difficult and pricey to get. Plus add all the new car users in the world. Maybe if the population stayed the same, but not at current growth levels.

War=Yep, we've been fighting forever, but never everywhere. There's wars or civil wars going on nearly everywhere or with every country involved.

Climate Change=If we hit 2 1/2-3 degrees hotter and the ice caps melt, the chain reaction will be devastating. Methane gas, entire countries flooded, many coastal US cities gone. My point is we just don't give a crap, many of us do, but way too many more think it's overblown when the evidence, from people much smarter than them on the subject is overwhelming. I really think it may be too late unless in the next year or two we have another massive Katrina like event. I'm as optimistic as anyone you'll ever meet, I just don't see us making the needed changes on a global level.

btaylor2404

Oil=Yes! I have a subscription to illustrated science, and they told me so D: Dont make me pull out links here, ´cos god knows, i´m as lazy and apathetic right now as can be. D:

And there are still plenty of untapped oil resources out there, just look at the danes, russians and canadians all arguing over who has rights to drill a certian enormous seabed! :P

And while there are open conflicts seemingly everywhere, half of them seem to be proxy wars, chanches are, they wont directly impact the world on a global scale beyond fixin´ :3

Regarding climate change, that´s a pretty big "if"! Who knows what kinda´ stuff science will develop at the 11th hour! We basically just need some kind of agent that works on a exponential level, all hope is not lost :)

super volcano

giant tsunami's

that sort of stuff :)

Probably right. I am one of those true believers who thinks that there is probably intelligent life out there SOMEWHERE...but the universe is a big place, and we probably need to get our **** together before anyone tries contacting us even if they're aware of us anyway.

nocoolnamejim

Im with you on that, i think there´s intelligent life out there aswell :3

But like you said, who the hell would wanna´ contact us even if they knew of our existence; i mean - talk about a rough neighbourhood.

super volcano

giant tsunami's

that sort of stuff :)

redsnake181

basically FUBAR hittin´ the fan from all directions. I like the way you think. :3

Belgium?

UK news have been filled with energy concerns lately.. gas running out, need more wind farms blah blh blah. It's all money making media scamswurd

I live next to the biggest wind farm in Europe i should go up to it one day with my mates and have a riot in the visitors center. And by next their is just a back road , some farm Fields a big hill then am at the windmills. But the farmers are trigger happy my friends found pirated porn in a farmers barn one day a threw them about the place and then the farmer came out Shotgun crazy. They ran. I been chased by the farmers before in a van for no reason.

Belgium?

Lto_thaG

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Belgium?

BiancaDK

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Belgium?

BiancaDK

You don't want to know. :P.

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Belgium?

Lto_thaG