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It is a crisis. Only science has kept us from starving. .......
It is not and has never been a "crisis." Human innovation has more than kept pace with what is needed to feed the population (why some people in certain parts of the world are starving despite this has to do with politics, planning, and human nature). Innovation suffers when populations decline. Read the link.
our planet can only support a finite number of humans, obviously we have not reached that number yet, but someday we will.
fewer people on earth means fewer problems and a better life for everyone.
It is not and has never been a "crisis." Human innovation has more than kept pace with what is needed to feed the population (why some people in certain parts of the world are starving despite this has to do with politics, planning, and human nature). Innovation suffers when populations decline. Read the link.
our planet can only support a finite number of humans, obviously we have not reached that number yet, but someday we will.
fewer people on earth means fewer problems and a better life for everyone.
No, we won't. The Earth has a carrying capacity of around 40 BILLION. We will top out at around 9 billion and then begin a slow slide back down to around 6 billion if demographers have their facts straight.
However, if you truly think there are too many people on the planet then feel free to do the right thing. Just make sure your stuff go's to the right people....
Myth. Read the links, learn the facts. We had war, disease, famine and pollution when there were half as many people alive on earth as there are now, and we had all those things when we had half as many as that, and half as many as that, and so on. As for the climate, it has been changing since long before we ever evolved into a distinct species.
Myth.
Of course we did. But those things are now exacerbated by so many people. .
It is not and has never been a "crisis." Human innovation has more than kept pace with what is needed to feed the population (why some people in certain parts of the world are starving despite this has to do with politics, planning, and human nature). Innovation suffers when populations decline. Read the link.
our planet can only support a finite number of humans, obviously we have not reached that number yet, but someday we will.
fewer people on earth means fewer problems and a better life for everyone.
No, we won't. The Earth has a carrying capacity of around 40 BILLION. We will top out at around 9 billion and then begin a slow slide back down to around 6 billion if demographers have their facts straight.
However, if you truly think there are too many people on the planet then feel free to do the right thing. Just make sure your stuff go's to the right people....
[. Americans are too insulated to understand the real impact of overpopulation.
There is no such thing as "overpopulation," and there never has been as far as modern humans are concerned.
Yes, there is.
Myth. Read the links, learn the facts. We had war, disease, famine and pollution when there were half as many people alive on earth as there are now, and we had all those things when we had half as many as that, and half as many as that, and so on. As for the climate, it has been changing since long before we ever evolved into a distinct species.
Myth.
Of course we did. But those things are now exacerbated by so many people. .
Among those "so many people" are the ones who have helped to gain the knowledge and develop the organizations, techniques, medicines and technologies to mitigate the effects of all the above-mentioned ills to a greater extent than ever before.
Global warming
The next ice age in nye
Over population
etc...
All these "problems" always contain the same answer. An expansion of government with a limitation of individual rights. How often does the left try this nonsense? Once, twice a generation?
Of course we did. But those things are now exacerbated by so many people. .
Among those "so many people" are the ones who have helped to gain the knowledge and develop the organizations, techniques, medicines and technologies to mitigate the effects of all the above-mentioned ills to a greater extent than ever before.
The vast Majority haven't done diddly squat. Without an education, no on is going to create medicines and technologies, and the vast Majority of the current 7 billion don't have the necessary education. 2 billion educated people could contribute much much more to humanity than 7 billion ignorant peasants.
Of course we did. But those things are now exacerbated by so many people. .
Among those "so many people" are the ones who have helped to gain the knowledge and develop the organizations, techniques, medicines and technologies to mitigate the effects of all the above-mentioned ills to a greater extent than ever before.
The vast Majority haven't done diddly squat. Without an education, no on [sic] is going to create medicines and technologies, and the vast Majority [sic] of the current 7 billion don't have the necessary education. 2 billion educated people could contribute much much more to humanity than 7 billion ignorant peasants.
The vast Majority haven't done diddly squat. Without an education, no on is going to create medicines and technologies, and the vast Majority of the current 7 billion don't have the necessary education. 2 billion educated people could contribute much much more to humanity than 7 billion ignorant peasants.
2 billion educated people could contribute much much more to humanity than 7 billion ignorant peasants.
For - what - 40 years or so now some people have been predicting doom and gloom over an "overcrowded world." Not only has it never been a real 'crisis,' the future holds challenges in exactly the opposite direction. Some of these challenges are presenting themselves before us now, and we would be wise to start thinking hard about the ones to come.
America's Baby Bust - WSJ.com
Congress created the extension system nearly a century ago to address exclusively rural, agricultural issues. At that time, more than 50 percent of the U.S. population lived in rural areas, and 30 percent of the workforce was engaged in farming. Extension's engagement with rural America helped make possible the American agricultural revolution, which dramatically increased farm productivity:
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In 1945, it took up to 14 labor-hours to produce 100 bushels of corn on 2 acres of land.
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By 1987, it took just under 3 labor-hours to produce that same 100 bushels of corn on just over 1 acre.
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In 2002, that same 100 bushels of corn were produced on less than 1 acre.
For - what - 40 years or so now some people have been predicting doom and gloom over an "overcrowded world." Not only has it never been a real 'crisis,' the future holds challenges in exactly the opposite direction. Some of these challenges are presenting themselves before us now, and we would be wise to start thinking hard about the ones to come.
America's Baby Bust - WSJ.com
40 years? The doom-and-gloom population predictions go a lot farther back than that.
Malthus wrote Principle of Population more than 200 years ago.
An Essay on the Principle of Population - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For - what - 40 years or so now some people have been predicting doom and gloom over an "overcrowded world." Not only has it never been a real 'crisis,' the future holds challenges in exactly the opposite direction. Some of these challenges are presenting themselves before us now, and we would be wise to start thinking hard about the ones to come.
America's Baby Bust - WSJ.com
"Myth"?
Look out the window, there are people everywhere. War, disease, famine, climate change....all of this is related to overpopulation. There are too many people.
Who is being irrational? I am providing you with facts - I've put 4 or 5 links on this thread - and YOU are whining that you can't stroll through the park without having your bucolic view marred by all those pesky humans you seem to hate so much. The obvious solution to your dissatisfaction is still available to you.
You posted no facts, You posted only your biases in the form of a personal attack. That's what makes you an asshole.
There's a fact for you.
Deny reality all you want, but I have posted links to support the basic premise of this thread. YOU have just pissed and moaned about how inconvenient you find it to live on a planet with other people. Well....
