Sorry, I should back up a moment. Human consciousness doesn't react well when given seeming impossibile scenarios. All these analyses of the future, of mankind, etc, are predicated on an assumption which I claim is incorrect: that there isn't a unifying force which could/will bring it all together, abating the concerns of endless human reproduction, increasing energy needs, etc. There are certain esoteric truths being brought into the world which can change 5000+ years of man's journey into civilization around. One of these is that the battle of wills that has driven man's history ultimately ends in a two-player standoff. In that standoff, Will stops being the center of the world and Love and cooperation emerges. That's one point, and it likely belongs to the duality fought between Christian and Muslim. The second point, which belongs to the Greco-Roman battle off in some other world-line, is that, on a finite planet, reason and strength ultimately come to an end. At that point co-operation is the only sane way forward. This also will change the concerns and production patterns from expansion to reunion. It's an important message that hasn't seemingly propagated up to the heads of the world. Hope that clarifies the issue of what I think is trying to be accomplished here.... marcos Santa Fe, NM