[witnesstothefall]

I recall in the seventies much was made of the population bombs that would shatter the comfortable Western societies.

To some extent the global war on terrorism can be seen through the demographic explosion lens. The Muslim nations from which terrorism arises most (Egypt, Iran, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Iraq) all have bottom heavy demographic maps. Lots of yoots, and the quickest out is jihad.

[tet68]

2020.
Radiation levels continue to decline in the former city of Mecca.
Radiation levels remain high in areas of North Korea.
Fighting on the mainland of china reaches new levels of violence after attack on Taiwan fails.
Bill Clinton indicted for molestation of office worker.
Jimmy Carter endorses Arab peace plan.

[dts32041]

Maybe they should start with LTC Peters book War in:2020

[U S Army EOD]

Although it was science fiction, remember the movie 2001. With the exception of limited space travel and the large space station, we are much more advanced than the movie predicted. This is especially true in computers and communication.

Even though we didn't achieve the space travel the movie predicted, we could of if we had been willing to spend the money. Our space technoligy is better than the movie prodicted and the only hold back is money and the national will to do it.

Of course the movie predicted the Soviet Union would still be around even up to 2010.

But putting science fiction aside, we may be getting ourselves into a world situation prior to WWI. We had all these emerging nations as a power shift due to the technoligy of the industrial revolution and the changes it brought about such as the start of mass production and travel by steam both land and sea.

I just hope there is room for everybody and enough to go around.

[McGavin999]

First of all, I don't believe we're going to have that much of an aging population. I think people are going to continue to work and be productive into their 70's. Young people are going to re-discover the joys of family life and I expect the number of children per couple to be 3.4.

[Joe Bonforte]

Barbra Striesand enters a psychiatric hospital for treatment of persistent delusions.

The Prescription Drug Plan costs $300 billion a year instead of the $40 billion it was supposed to cost.

Bill Clinton stars as Voldemort in Harry Potter 7.

[Paul C. Jesup]

Funny how they completely gloss over the possibly of law and order collapsing in American before 2020, and a possible armed revolt by then.

[ETERNAL WARMING]

It's 2020 and America, Europe and Japan struggle to maintain a decent quality of life for masses of elderly people.

In 2020 and America, Europe and Japan struggle to maintain ANY quality of life for masses of ORDINARY PEOPLE. Free Trade having decimated the USA, it struggles with poverty, hunger and the homeless believed to be in the millions. Meanwhile debate continues on whether we should give liscenses to Illegal Aliens.

[Uncle Miltie]

It's 2020 and America, Europe and Japan struggle to spend as much money as they make. The shores of tourist havens covered with masses of elderly people. China faces a choice between CNN and FOX. India, Brazil and Indonesia are great manufacturing centers taking over China's leavings. Iraq, Iran, Kuwait, Jordan, Turkey, and Afghanistan are free, capitalist, democratic pluralist and prosperous. Recent revolution in Saudi Arabia killed millions. Egypt trending towards pluralism. Global cooling is the major environmental issue. V12 Engines in trucks are the norm. Proven oil reserves triple. Wind energy and clean coal is so vastly available that electricity prices drop like a rock. Heart disease cured for over 50% of the affected population. Cancer deaths in dramatic decline. Hunger only known among despotic African dictatorships.

Julian Simon Lives!