Quote (Bahmanator @ Nov 6 2012 03:21pm)
Humanity won't last more than another 10,000 years.
We are destroying this planet, eventually we will damage it so much that it will be unable to sustain us, BUT it will live on and possibly repeat the cycle.
However, the sun will one day perish as every star does, albiet not for billions of years, but it will happen... and when it does there goes earth.
There is little to no proof of this. Global warming may occur and the way they talk it sounds like Doomsday but that's a doubtful reality. In all likelyhood if global warming becomes as bad as they say, we'll lose a few coastal regions, some species will die out, we'll be more prone to storms but does this really mean anything? We'll just adapt. The chances we'll get to the point where Earth is no longer habitable for humans in the near future (I.E the next few hundred thousand years) by human fault is unlikely. Overpopulation won't be a concern because the population will balance out (Especially in poor areas where AIDS is prevelant), global warming won't be a doomsday issue, in 100-150 years we'll have the technology to make relatively afforadable space habitats at the Lagrange points.
Who know's what technology we'll have in 10,000 years, but you can bet we won't be confined to Earth even in 500 years.