QUESTION OF THE DAY{hard question to think about}

I didn't have to think about it at all. No, not in our lifetime, but who is to say for future generations?

World war, probably...not the others.

In my lifetime alone I've seen information access and technology (just to name two) increase so rapidly that it seems difficult to imagine we can continue to consume, produce, etc. without imploding or causing completely irreparable damage. This is setting the political/power issues aside (since they only seem more critical and intense), if we don't use information and technology to start improving our effect on the planet and help people I don't know how many generations any of this will go on for.

Seems like such a negative reply even though I mean it to be realistic and it is just my opinion. I really have a more supportive and encouraging passion behind my reply.

I think it's possible to change the things that seem impossible. The weight and seriousness of things today sure seem almost too big to tackle though I hope we will try.

Not in my lifetime but possibly in the lifetime of my grandchildren or their children.

I am Christian, so I do believe there will be an End but I don't have any idea when it will be...

I don't think that it will happen during my lifetime, but in a couple hundred years ... who knows.

I agree with Jim. Life as we know it is changing constantly to different levels and outcomes. As far as oil runing out there is a ways to go still.

Not even close...for many generations to come. Actually, the younger generations are smarter than the older ones and will be doing things to save the planet so things like this never happen. We need to put our faith in the children of today to save Earth for tomorrow.

Eventually all resources will run out, maybe sooner than we all think.

I don't know. How's that for some hard thinking? LOL. I'm seriously sleep-deprived and stressed, soryr for a lack of answer. But likely, not in my lifetime, but who's to say for my children or their children?

The way I see it, anything is possible. I'm not going to spend all of my time worrying it, rather I'm going to enjoy the time that I hae let. It's good to know and to understand the possibility, bu let's not spend the rest of our lives worrying.

No. I'm pretty optimistic.... ;-)

I don't think so. It may become more simple with the gas prices going up. We may have to learn to deal with less gas.

I believe there is some sort of huge change coming, a major shift in the environment/world and people who populate it. I believe we will not only see it in our lifetime but it will happen in the next 5 years. I also do not necessarily believe it will be related to any of the causes you mentioned above!

I believe there are all kinds of signs the end is near. When, I don't know. Our time is not the same as God's time. I don't believe the end will come by means of anything WE do...but it will come because God decides it is time. Only He knows.

No, I don't think so. BTW, I like your "Questions of the Day"!!

Sorry I mean, Question of the day.

Yes, I do think the world will end some day.

If the world ends from human error. I say without in the next 100 years or less.

I beleive in God Almighty will be sending his son Jesus to take over as King. I do believe the world will end for that. I have no idea when. I believe there is no set date because we have the power to change it with our reactions.

Eventually I'm sure ... But I doubt it will be in our lifetimes.

*I HAVE TO SAY I AM SURPRISES BY ALL THE OPTIMISIM! I WISH I WAS THIS HOPEFUL!

THANKS EVERYONE!

Something will come along ---whatever happened to the bird flu epidemic scare--- that will shake the populace of the world to it's core. Don't know when that will happen, it's easier to say 50 years from now than 5 years from now, but no one will be prepared.

Not that hard for me to answer...no, I don't think so. If I did, what would be the point of getting up every morning. I have to believe that my children and grandchildren will have a future.

thanks ladies!

"Life as we know it"....most definitely. Our world is constantly changing and the world today does not even resemble the world I grew up in. THat said, I don't think life as a whole will end in my lifetime...but I sure worry about what we are leaving my grandkids.

This sound just like the stuff everyone was saying in the 70s. I sure hope you are right this time, becauseits a big waste of time to worry about it if not.

We are past due for a collapse of civilization.

I would say if anything is going to happen it is going to be another world war, but i dont really think it is going to be in our lifetime.

Life as I knew as a child ended about 1968.. life as I knew it as a young man ended about 1974, life as I knew it as a working adult ended about 1989.. life as I knew as a middle aged man ended September 11, 2001.

to live is to risk, and risk is in the final analysis all.

thats why I bought another boat yesterday!

;)

I believe that it will come to an end. Will it be in our lifetime? It seems that things are pointing that way. It's interesting to look at the book of Revelation.....

I don't think so. We tons and tons of oil reserves in Alaska..it just needs to be released by our government. I take one day at a time and try to be the best I can be towards others. That's all there is in my opinion. We elect these guys and they don't work for the folks that elect them anyway. It comes down to faith and trust to me.

I hope that Rob is right

"life as we know it is coming to an end in our life time"? Yes, but for the better.

Do you think oil is finally running out ~ no, I think that CHEAP oil is running out.
Do you think world war will break out ~ war has already broken out; for thousands and thousands of years. I do not think "war" be cause the end of our lifetime as we know it.
Will famine will do us in ~ no, not the entire populous of the earth; but for many, yes. Our Mother Earth is so very over-populated, that famine will cause a reduction of our specied - simply because we either cant, or wont, feed everyone.
Will there not be enough water? ` there WILL be enough water to maintain the surviving population, the flora and the animals of the planet that keep the balance of our earth.
But it won't happen by itself.
We, the inhabitants of the Earth must re-learn to use our resources with respect, and live in harmony with the humans and animals we live with. Only THEN can we recognize and enjoy the "change of life as we know it now."

Oil is the least of our problems. Life survived without the technology of oil/petroleum before. Life can survive without oil again. The solution WILL come if we give it the opportunity. I hope we all live long enough to enjoy the days when oil is no longer the blood line of our survival.

I think that Rob had the best comment of all and I will
go along with what Rob has said it makes sense.

Mandi I have posted part 10 of my series it has
been up for a couple of days now.

I'm a Christian and I believe our Lord is coming and coming soon. All the signs point to his soon return. One of the signs is when the Israel became a nation in 1948, the budding of the fig tree.

From Michael H. Blair's Website www.blairmortgagecorp.com:


"During this decade we have investigated the different pains people feel financially. The worst were the foreclosures, bankruptcies, divorces and loss of employment. Also were the losses experienced in stocks and real estate.



We found people destroyed as their children loss hope of college educations and found employment to assist their parents with parental debt. The eldest and wisest of our society were finding refuge in reverse mortgages and their children listened to their financial advice.

The banking system tightened guidelines and easy money became a hardship. The government provided a stimulus package and every company in the nation seemed to send a mailer and every debt collector was calling them.

Global concerns were on the rise. It took 3 million years for the world population to grow to 3 billion people in the 1950's and that number has doubled to over 6 billion people in only 60 years.



There were 2 trillion gallons of oil on the planet and now there is 1 trillion. As we approach "Peak Oil" the 50%-80% level in the oil drilling stage, when it costs a barrel of oil to be burned by the machines to produce a barrel of oil is rapidly approaching."

I thought this sums up what you are talking about. There is hope. I am publishing an article about a new way of life. Stay tuned!

Spread your wings;
Tomorrow brings
A new scheme of things to be.

I think we in our life time will see a big change. In the life we know now. They are trying to make an alliance with Canada, Mexico and the U S A .It is called the north American union [N A U].that will be step 1 then it will be a global government that is step 2

I think that it will, if we continue blindly down the path we are on. We will destroy our planet and each other. I think we are in for big change, hopefully it will be for the better, because we pull our collective heads from our backsides, but maybe not.
As far as life ending altogether, It's not something I dwell on, who knows when it will happen? I know it will someday. I try to live each day the best I can and WHEN I screw up I try to fix it and move on. What else can you do?

yes I do think that the world as we know it will change,

we will have to find other solutions besides oil to heat and drive our cars with,

as far as famines it is has been with us since time began.

I'm not to sure what the future holds and really no one can say (but God) BUT I do believe life as we know it WILL change for the worse in one way or another.

Not in our lifetime, I hope!

The Bible says that God said that, "no man will know the time for the end of times." I truly believe this, but on the other side, our world, society, food, and morals are decaying so fast that I think we are definitely on our way to the end.

Hmmm. Definitely something to ponder. I hope not in our lifetime but the way the world is changing, who knows??

I don't think it's ending in a Biblical sense, but it is transforming, and in many ways--not for the better. I read how the honeybees in the US are depleted more than 25% already. Here in NJ, the weather is crazy and unpredictable (thanks to global warming). I only hope that Green initiatives will start to heal our planet for the better.

"Life as we know it" is always coming to an end and starting a new beginning; at both personal and societal levels.

Kids grow up, leave home, build lives of their own, have kids of their own, that grow up, and leave home, build lives of their own, have kids of their own, that grow up.

Likewise, in society, cultures and dominant trends are always changing.

Same with arts and sciences... things change.

Life is organic.


Great Question !!

Yes, oil will run out - it can't last forever. There are something like 125 armed conflicts going on the world right now so the world is at war and has been for quite some time. - 1/2 million children a year die as a result of these conflicts. If we keep diverting food crops for biofuel - yes there will be a famine and if Celine Dion doesn't slow down on the water thing, we could all be screwed. Not much to be optimistic about if we don't change our ways.

life doesn't END... it just contiunes differently

Do you think that life as we know it is coming to an end in our life time?
I don't believe it will be in my lifetime but the next generations time.

No, life is certainly not ending. We'll adapt and adjust.

*We've lived without oil before, so we'll do it again.
*Wars have occurred since the beginning of time.
*As for food and water, they're overrated.

...Just kidding on that last one. Was wondering if you're paying attention! I think we'll come up with new technology for making water cleaner throughout the world. As for food, hopefully we'll all become vegetarians. It takes more resource to be a meat eater.

to a certain extent it has been ending...

When I was a kid we could carry a rifle/shotgun anywhere in public and not raise an eyebrow. Some guys took them to school to use afterwards for hunting, they left them in their cars or gave them to the principal to hold onto. We could go into any store and buy ammo without having to be a certain age or have an ID. Today a kid would at least get stopped trying to do something like that...when was the last time you saw a rifle rack in a truck which had firearms in it?

We also grew up in an era where nuclear war was not even something to worry about because it hovered over our heads everyday. A third of the world was in an openly hostile camp that wanted us destroyed. That opposing camp collapsed and now at least a good portion of that former camp of enemies is, if not friends, at least not open enemies.

A good portion of the country was treated poorly to say the least, because of their skin color. In some places they could not vote for fear of their life. Thanks to some incredibly brave people and a nation that opened its eyes, that changed. That too happened while I was a very young kid. Now we have a black man very likely to enter the White House as president within the year.

The majority of children could count on his parents always being together as time went on. Family was a solid (if ofttimes irritating) foundation for a young adult to count on. Nowadays, divorce rates are lower than they have been for almost a decade but still almost 50% of marriages end in divorce and the effect on children is to say the least troubling.

Rivers caught on fire when we were kids and forests were cleared frighteningly fast. Streams were too polluted in many places to fish and foresters were worried that even deer hunting was going to have to be heavily curtailed. Today deer are a major nuisance, most water is cleaner than its been in over a century and the country has more forested acres than anytime since the early 19th century.

Politically, the two parties were clearly different but generally left politics at the waters edge. Except for Viet Nam, most politicians could agree that the country came first. Now both parties are almost the same and busting on your own nation is a game. Handing power over to the UN is the goal of some and many more want US influence/power curbed for the good of the world.

I guess its not a night and day thing, time changes and apparently so do people. This country is not the one it was only a few decades ago, some of that change is good and some bad. I don't think much of the change coming is good but that's me. I also don't think when the US ends, that it will come thru war...it will be because too many have forgotten what lies overseas and they will not be willing to defend what we have.

The world as I knew it when I was 15 has been gone for, oh at least, 20 years now. The world as we knew it a dozen years ago will never be likely to come again either. Will there be total economic and social crash in our lifetime? I would say the odds are much better for that then they were for our parents. But there are numerous things that could change the whole descent into dark ages thing. We might discover viable methods of moving off this earth and gain not only new places but new dreams. WE might die back with some sort of medical plague that reverses population growth but not so rapidly as to crash our economic and social structures. For example if something were to cause a evenly distributed negative population 'growth' rate of say 1 percent or less we could probably adjust and get to a much improved standard of living for the majority of the remaining people. We are living on the edge to be sure but we may stay there for quite sometime or we may get lucky and be offered a clear path 'upward' at any time.

Man, do you ever come up with GOOD thought provoking questions.

YES for sure life as we know it will end, BUT it may not be war, oil or water in themselves, but something you didnt mention

Technology and/or over population.

As people live better and longer all around the world and as technology often takes on a life of its own. I expect that oil and energy demands will force new technologies that offer nearly unlimited and low cost energy and then attention to travel to other worlds for colonization May occur in the next 100 years.

My gramma lived from 1899 til 1993 and he frequently told people that she wouldnt have traded her lifetime for any other in time cuz the degree of change during her years was more drastic than ever before or ever again. ( THINK horse power to steam to gasoline to space to the internet all during her life. )

BUT I still think that some major changes are in store for the next few decades that'll re-orient our very concepts of a lifestyle.

I really and truly do not think about it. I just try to enjoy each day.

Most likely the problem will come from the food we eat. Food companies are allowed to add chemicals and seed companies are growing Frankencrops.

We do not know the long term effects on our bodies.

Also we are a consumer society running out of natural resources.

The future looks scary and I do not see a savior in sight.

We're rapidly coming up on 2012, in the evening of the fifth day of the Mayan calendar. Events are accellerating and will get worse before the shift.

not sure...I thought about the 2012 myself

Nah, I don't think so.

A very resounding no!!!!!!

I don't know about all of that stuff, but I know Jesus is coming soon, and then oil and money and all that junk won't matter.

No, I do not think we are coming to an end. We are just coming to a change. We will have to do things differently.