civilization collapse

trends - increasing population increased population results in increased resource depletion increased resource depletion results in increased exploration increased exploration results in increased border tension increased border tension results in increased border hostilities increased border hostilities results in increased border skirmishes one border skirmish at the wrong time, at the wrong place, with the wrong people results in war what is more precious in war time than life & liberty? - resources - intelligence - labour - time what do armies consume? - men - weapons - medical supplies - munitions - alcohol - avionics - satellites - chemicals - vehicles - computers - telecommunications - debt / finance / bonds what will war do the stock market? bonds? mutual funds? gold? silver? what can produced and sold at a profit during war time? - hospitality services what happens to the civilian economy? what careers / skills will people pay gold for? - security - resources - health - me...

there was once a beautiful island in the pacific ocean, off the coast of chile. it was not too and not too small. it would take about 8 hrs to walk around the island. a long time ago the people that lived in chile sailed in large open boats for fishing. they carried lots of water and food so they could sail for weeks. one day a group of fisherman found the beautiful island. it was covered with great trees and had a spring with fresh water. the fishermen went back and brought their families, and live pigs. perhaps by accident or maybe on purpose they also brought rats. life was good. they cut down trees to build more boats for fishing. they cut down trees for houses. but still there were lots of trees on island. they were able to catch so much food from the ocean that they lots of spare time. over time the number of people living on the island as more and more babies were born. the people living on the island each wanted their own space so the island was divided in to 6 or 7 areas.

moai - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moai their construction mania is likely the cause of the collapse of rapa nui consider how big they ACTUALLY are: