With the worlds population expected to reach between 7.5 to 10.5 billion there will eventually come a time when Humans outstrip resources,this can already be seen in third world countries,what in your view is the answer.
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World population
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JMiller
Member
Well if you want an extreme position, check out Paul Gilding's The Great Disruption.
http://www.amazon.com/Great-Disrupt...2237/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1309457926&sr=8-1
http://www.amazon.com/Great-Disrupt...f=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1309457926&sr=8-1[/quote
I read the first few pages and i agree change will come wheter we like it or not,its how we deal with it
JMiller
Member
And that is precisely what the book deals with. I am not sure I agree with everything he says, but it is not to difficult of a read. This guy has been on the forefront, yet, he has also been the head of Green Peace, so you have to take it with a grain of salt.
As anti-libertarian as it sounds, I think population regulation would be in order.
How & when will be very tough issues....which my descendants will have to face....their problem, not mine.
How & when will be very tough issues....which my descendants will have to face....their problem, not mine.
I haven't read that much so i can't comment but i really think that there will come a crunch time for Humans,i think we'll get through it because we are quite a tough species.
We will eventually have to make a serious effort both to have only one child per family and to adopt from other countries.
Yes, I mean it.
Yes, I mean it.
Oneatatime
Huh?
My understanding is that demographic predictions are pretty worthless in the long run. There seems to be an expectation that the developing world will follow the model of the developed world with a gradual reduction in population growth and possibly even reduction in population. The main problem with this is that the set of circumstances which led to this in the developed world will not neccessarily repeat themselves. We also don't know if this trend in the developed world is a long term one or not.
We've not idea whats going to happen with the world population. Innevitably it have to reach a limit where there are more mouths to feed and water than can be fed and watered but thats the only sure limit.
I can see that happening,i wonder what the effect would be on some religions regarding contraception
With more people comes more polution,this will eventually have a catastrophic effect
Oneatatime
Huh?
We already have people living in extremely polluted environments in the developing world and while they no doubt have ****** lives they survive and breed well enough. Food/water are the limiting factors I reckon.
When you see the amount of rubbish that gets buried or dumped in the Sea including effluent it is having a diverse effect,the Seas around Britain,especially the North Sea are suffering,some parts of the Sea bed are dead,i just think that if there is going to be billions more people thats an awful lot of **** to dispose of.
There are some less obvious consequences as well. As the numbers of people add up in the third world countries all the while they remain aware of willing to share of modern conveniences, there is more of a desire to keep in touch with that lifestyle to the best of their capability, at an increasingly inconsequential price.
That is IMO the main reason why so many people actually convinced themselves that media piracy is not theft. They see how excluded they would be if they did not have access to those movies and anime and can't very well accept that they lack the means to fairly obtain them. Pollution, too, is to a significant degree a result of a desire to feel more empowered and to do so as quickly as possible.
Even subtler is the effect on the mental health of people. As their homes and work environments grow increasingly more crowded and noisy, and the advantage of those who can afford to pay for bigger and more conveniently located homes grows, so does the despair of people to make more money and the price they are willing to pay in other fields. That is how families begin to split apart, due to the relentless tension and lack of emotional support. And the effect feeds upon itself.
That is IMO the main reason why so many people actually convinced themselves that media piracy is not theft. They see how excluded they would be if they did not have access to those movies and anime and can't very well accept that they lack the means to fairly obtain them. Pollution, too, is to a significant degree a result of a desire to feel more empowered and to do so as quickly as possible.
Even subtler is the effect on the mental health of people. As their homes and work environments grow increasingly more crowded and noisy, and the advantage of those who can afford to pay for bigger and more conveniently located homes grows, so does the despair of people to make more money and the price they are willing to pay in other fields. That is how families begin to split apart, due to the relentless tension and lack of emotional support. And the effect feeds upon itself.
Father Heathen
Veteran Member
People need to stop squeezing out little snotlings en masse.
Noaidi
slow walker
There's the answer right there.
Voluntary sterilisation. I had a vasectomy when I was 27. Increasing human numbers and their impact has always been an issue with me, so I decided not to risk adding to the numbers. I have a step-daughter, and that lets me do all the "dad" stuff I need.
CaptainBritain
Active Member
Investment in science and education or prayer are the only two things open to us, the best estimates by the top bean counters say it will hit 9 billion then fall but who knows, we only keep two billion alive now who would otherwise have starved to death via the invention of artificial fertilizers, luckily I smoke, drink, eat what I like, pick fights and sleep around so I might not live to see that decade.
Twig pentagram
High Priest
Population control is a tough issue and there will come a time when mankind will have to deal with it. Whatever methods we choose will most likely be considered cruel by someone, but something is going to have to change if we wish to survive.
I think explaination of the situation to increase information about the possiblity of this event happing would help. I think recovery should be used to find the people against recovery. I think fixing the problem should then be done. I think having a person to be the explainor would be appropriate to explain the reasons why things have happened and what would be done in future events. I think the people who created the event would hide. I think possible prosecution of a person who might be responsible would be checked by the hiders. I think the prosecutors of the hiders might lead to those people not receiving the benefits of recovery.
Warren Clark
Informer
Let homos be homos... stop asking them to breed... we are doing the world a favor by not breeding. X)