AirlinePilot wrote:
So basically its not going to get better until one of two things happens. We cut traffic somehow, or build a lot more concrete to land on and park at. PO should take care of the first problem handily!
Artanis568 wrote:"1. Get the world quickly onto a path of depopulation."
We already are. Russia and many European countries now have negative population growth rates, and I believe the US would if not for immigration.
Today, natural increase accounts for 60% of U.S. population growth, with the remaining 40% due to net international migration.
Artanis568 wrote:
"Which was an extremely small scale situation,"
The Great Depression was not a "small scale" situation. Fully one quarter of the country was out of work, and many other people faced pay cuts. Apparently, after the stock market crash there were widespread reports of hotel rooms being used for jumping more than sleeping. There were certainly enough people who lost everything to start a violent uprising, but they didn't.
"If the violence began, it would snowball."
Violence only snowballs in the absence of government and law enforcement; after all, we don't see large angry mobs roaming around during depressions or wartime as long as the government is still functioning.
pea-jay wrote:I just flew the other day AFTER the Eastern foul-ups. It was a spur of the moment deal that wouldnt have happened if the airlines had so many open seats. I got a good deal to fly my family cross country for a quick vacation. There is no way the airlines are going to stay afloat financially at those prices.
I was considering that and the more fundemental problem of aviation in general. Fuel. For almost every other form of transportation there is an electrical, human, animal or biomass alternative to oil or natural gas. They may not be great, fast or scalable but they do exist. You could drive an electric car, fuel one with waste vegetable oil or ethanol. Theoretically you could even power it with straight hydrogen. Or you could walk, bike or ride a horse. Trains and boats have similar options. Not so with planes. Bio-fuels dont meet the tolerance levels for use in aviation. H2 is not practical nor are battery powered electrical planes. It kind of appears to be hydrocarbon or bust on this form of transit.
The only thing I've heard is acceptable is synthesized oil (kerosene) from coal. that worked, but is itself not sustainable.
Alfred Tennyson wrote:We are not now that strength which in old days
Moved earth and heaven, that which we are, we are;
One equal temper of heroic hearts,
Made weak by time and fate, but strong in will
To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield.
gg3 wrote:Monte, Missouri? Last I checked, the entire Southeast is going to be a loss as climate change gets rolling.
gg3 wrote:Everyone has a stake in preserving a lawful and orderly society, except for abject criminals and criminal-wannabees. Any potential collapse would have to be of enormous magnitude, as in complete breakdown of the means of sustenance, before the majority or even a decent plurality decided to abandon lawfulness in favor of lawlessness.
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