Plantagenet wrote:The scientific study of various theories of collapse and the culture of collapse is known as collapsology, and the people who believe that world civilization is on the brink of collapse are known as collapsologists.
Plantagenet wrote:Global collapse due to peak didn't happen in 2000 or 2005 or 2010 as various models predicted. But some still think the world economy will collapse when we finally reach global peak oil sometime in the next 5-10 years.
Some scientists now think global warming will destroy advanced human civilization, or overpopulation, or the contradictions of capitalism, or nuclear war. Still others think there will be a great religious contest between good and evil at the end of the world. Or there could be some combination of catastrophes that would cause collapse.
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The scientific study of various theories of collapse and the culture of collapse is known as collapsology, and the people who believe that world civilization is on the brink of collapse are known as collapsologists.
AdamB wrote:Plantagenet wrote:The scientific study of various theories of collapse and the culture of collapse is known as collapsology, and the people who believe that world civilization is on the brink of collapse are known as collapsologists.
This way of thinking about it runs a little closer to what peak oil and some of the other doomer types would seem to more closely resemble.
Plantagenet wrote:AdamB wrote:This way of thinking about it runs a little closer to what peak oil and some of the other doomer types would seem to more closely resemble.
Your link goes to an article about religious beliefs in an apocalypse and of course there are religious creeds and sects that expect the world to end in some kind of apocalypse.
Plantagenet wrote:However, I am most interested in various scientific ideas and models that predict the global economy and/or global civilization will end, and thats what collapsology is actually about.
Plantagenet wrote:Personally, I'm one of the global heating collapsologists. think global heating is reaching some kind of tipping point where it is now starting to disrupt food supplies and global economies and the huge forest fires we are seeing are now affecting people's ability to live safely in areas which have hazardous smoke conditions for months at a time.
Plantagenet wrote:You know what they say....trust the science.
Cheers!
AdamB wrote:
Tell you what, when the death toll from starvation, exposure, dehydration, murder and disease exceeds population growth in that year, we'll have something to discuss.
Ibon wrote:AdamB wrote:
Tell you what, when the death toll from starvation, exposure, dehydration, murder and disease exceeds population growth in that year, we'll have something to discuss.
and something to celebrate.
AdamB wrote:Good thing your definition of what constituents collapse is so....non-collapsy.
AdamB wrote:Poor people....can't live safely? Air quality isn't up to standard? So...like LA in the 1960's, that was all collapsy was it?
AdamB wrote:Ibon wrote:AdamB wrote:
Tell you what, when the death toll from starvation, exposure, dehydration, murder and disease exceeds population growth in that year, we'll have something to discuss.
and something to celebrate.
Could be, depending.
Ibon wrote:and something to celebrate.
Newfie wrote:I don’t know that we, any of us, know how collapse will happen or when.
Newfie wrote:There are a range of modalities on how and when this could happen. Obviously then we cant predict how it would roll out. Who could have predicted the last 9 months?
Newfie wrote:It’s good to have a wide range of options.
REAL Green wrote:Ibon wrote:and something to celebrate.
Celebrating death is not something to tell others about. I understand you are rooting on the planet but still...just sayin.
Ibon wrote:Some might call it celebrating balance or healing.
REAL Green wrote:Ibon wrote:Some might call it celebrating balance or healing.
Before you get too happy remember the rebalancing might involve you or yours. I doubt any of us will escape its visit.
AdamB wrote:You really figure the current rate of sea level rise, temperature change and irritated lower classes are going to cause anything remotely resembling a net population decrease soon?
AdamB wrote:peak oil was a crock
AdamB wrote: I have a theory that doomer expressions of fear .... are more related to a fear of individual mortality, then any fear of global doom.
REAL Green wrote:Ibon wrote:Some might call it celebrating balance or healing.
Before you get too happy remember the rebalancing might involve you or yours. I doubt any of us will escape its visit.
Ibon wrote:
Some might call it celebrating balance or healing.
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