End of Civilization, as we Know it. Twelve years ago, (1997), I predicted that the end of life and civilization, as we know it, would occur on or about the year 2012. Several factors, and indications, lend me to arrive at this conclusion-- the main one being that the world population was scheduled to double in that period. This means that two thirds of the people who have EVER existed on the face of this planet will be alive at that time. THIS WORLD SIMPLY CANNOT SUSTAIN A HUMAN POPULATION THAT LARGE. Many of the rest of you are also worried. You worry about such things as: adequate housing, availability of food, climate change, disease pandemics, the economy, the infrastructure, lack of water (agricultural, drinking, and industrial), lack of entertainment and recreational facilities, rapid transit, smog and air pollution, world peace. My question, for you all, what is the main cause of all these concerns, what has necessitated all these many concerns? Since I first made my own prediction, I have read and seen several other similar predictions: the Mayan calendar ends in 2012, there are several documentaries and a new movie to be released shortly. Now, many of you may think of me as a “crack-pot”; but I think the undisputable fact that these predictions are presently warranting so much attention gives privy for YOUR attention and concern. In 1915 the world's population was just 1.8 Billion people. In 2009 the world's population was 6.8 Billion people. In the past 94 years the worlds population has increased by 5 Billion people. That's only one lifetime and predictions are that it will have doubled again by the year 2012. If there is poverty, starvation, global warming, a hole in in the ozone layer and over population now; what do you think it will be like then? The Causes and Effects of the Decimation of the North American Bison. What new could possibly be said about the destruction of bison? A great deal it seems. In the past the role of the North American Native in the destruction of the bison, though not completely ignored, has been very, very much down played and it still is. In th the beginning of the 19th century there existed more bison than people in North America. As a result of the most extensive transformation the world was to ever see, the century closed with a dismal 750-(1890 of the animals in existence. Recent genetic studies of privately owned stocks in Canada and the USA show that most of them include animals with genes from domestic cattle. Far from recovery the North American bison population is --like the pure, indigenous", North American Native, virtually extinct-- Statistics Canada estimates that the last "full- blooded" native died over100 years ago and scientific researchers now estimate that there are fewer than12,00 pure bison in the world existing only in Elk Island National Park and Wood Buffalo (Canadians traditionally refer to bison by their correct name; this is an exception) National Park in Alberta, Canada. There still exists some debate however, on where to place the blame for the elimination of the North American Bison.Whether it rests solely upon the European settlers or the North American Native Tribes is a mute point. With the arrival of Europeans, their vastly superior technology, and especially the horse, the Native North American was doomed. A revolution shook continent ever changing the way of life and the shock would create ecological devastation and reformation unlike had been seen before and the effects of which we are still feeling today. The movement of the tribes in order to best utilize their new tool the horse, created devastating effects on the bison herds. So the real questions at debate here lie in what was inevitable and what was preventable. Was the wiping out of the bison a result of the natives becoming less concerned with being ecosystem centric peoples; due to their own flaws and misjudgements, the wars that developed between the tribes, the inescapable ties created with the new white man's capitalistic, market economy, and the subsequent greed. or or ecological environmental cycles beyond human control, perhaps even the inherent nature of the animal itself? Or in broader themes, was the decimation of the bison in direct result of globalization, and the inevitable environmental consequences--which like the introduction of the horse to the natives--we are still dealing with today. Though impossible to ever truly answer these questions, it is important to highlight the debate and obseerve from both sides of the spectrum how much devestation was allowed to be wreaked upon the continent.

End of Civilization, as we Know it.

Twelve years ago, (1997), I predicted that the end of life and civilization, as we know it, would occur on or about the year 2012. Several factors, and indications, lend me to arrive at this conclusion-- the main one being that the world population was scheduled to double in that period. This means that two thirds of the people who have EVER existed on the face of this planet will be alive at that time. THIS WORLD SIMPLY CANNOT SUSTAIN A HUMAN POPULATION THAT LARGE.
Many of the rest of you are also worried. You worry about such things as: adequate housing, availability of food, climate change, disease pandemics, the economy, the infrastructure, lack of water (agricultural, drinking, and industrial), lack of entertainment and recreational facilities, rapid transit, smog and air pollution, world peace.
My question, for you all, what is the main cause of all these concerns, what has necessitated all these many concerns? Since I first made my own prediction, I have read and seen several other similar predictions: the Mayan calendar ends in 2012, there are several documentaries and a new movie to be released shortly. Now, many of you may think of me as a “crack-pot”; but I think the undisputable fact that these predictions are presently warranting so much attention gives privy for YOUR attention and concern.

In 1915 the world's population was just 1.8 Billion people. In 2009 the world's population was 6.8 Billion people. In the past 94 years the  worlds population has increased by 5 Billion people. That's only one lifetime and predictions are that it will have doubled again by the year 2012. If there is poverty, starvation, global warming, a hole in in the ozone layer and over population now; what do you think it will be like then?

The Causes and Effects of the Decimation of the North American Bison.

What new could possibly be said about the destruction of bison?

A great deal it seems. In the past the role of the North American Native in the destruction of the bison, though not completely ignored, has been very, very much down played and it still is.

In th the beginning of the 19th century there existed more bison than people in North America. As a result of the most extensive transformation the world was to ever see, the century closed with a dismal 750-(1890 of the animals in existence. Recent genetic studies of privately owned stocks in Canada and the USA show that most of them include animals with genes from domestic cattle. Far from  recovery the North American bison population is --like the pure, indigenous", North American Native, virtually extinct-- Statistics Canada estimates that the last "full- blooded" native died over100 years ago and scientific researchers now estimate that there are fewer than12,00 pure bison in the world existing only in Elk Island National Park and Wood Buffalo (Canadians traditionally refer to bison by their correct name; this is an exception) National Park in Alberta, Canada.

There still exists some debate however, on where to place the blame for the elimination of the North American Bison.Whether it rests solely upon the European settlers or the North American Native Tribes is a mute point. With the arrival of Europeans, their vastly superior technology, and especially the horse, the Native North American was doomed. A revolution shook continent ever changing the way of life and the shock would create ecological devastation and reformation unlike had been seen before and the effects of which we are still feeling today.

The movement of the tribes in order to best utilize their new tool the horse, created devastating effects on the bison herds. So the real questions at debate here lie in what was inevitable and what was preventable. 

 Was the wiping out of the bison a result of the natives becoming less concerned with being ecosystem centric peoples; due to their own flaws and misjudgements, the wars that developed between the tribes, the inescapable ties created with the new white man's capitalistic, market economy, and the subsequent greed. or or ecological environmental cycles beyond human control, perhaps even the inherent nature of the animal itself? Or in broader themes, was the decimation of the bison in direct result of globalization, and the inevitable environmental consequences--which like the introduction of the horse to the natives--we are still dealing with today. Though impossible to ever truly answer these questions, it is important to highlight the debate and observe from both sides of the spectrum how much devestation was allowed to be wreaked upon the continent. 

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