Abstraction: ".....It was in the year 2020 that the UWGB [United world Governing Body] passed legistalation due to the increasing problem of global over population that required that a micro hormone chip be installed in all children born. This hormone chip renders the human child as infertile and not interferring with normal growth cycles and sexuality. This de-fertilisation can only be reversed upon successful application to the UWGB for the priviledge of having a child. Once the license is granted a temporary fertilisation hormone chip is installed allowing the conception of only one child.....further application must be made for any subsequent desire for a child with a limit of 3 per female allowed...." Can you imagine what would be required to be successful in applying to have a child? Wealth? Intelligence? Status? Race?
I think people should pay attention to what Brian is saying here. I'm not sure about the possible origins of the speculation about imminent problems caused by the human population, but I am not convinced that they are well-founded. I actually raised this issue in an article myself a few months back - you can read the article here. In relation to the 'anti-christ', I threw some rather wild notions out on the table in relation to that issue (or at least a related issue) as well not so long ago - you can read about them here. The argument I present there is quite possibly flawed - but hey!!
But it must be recognized that overpopulation in a world increasing living standards for billions in a real problem, pollution, overconsumption of goods and food, and super intensification of the land will cause humanity to collapse if we don't stop over populating the planet, and much of the world's population growth is occuring in India to Morrocco, largely the Muslim world where contraception is let's face it...a sin, and never really spoken about. If population is not controlled in these countries things will get VERY ugly there.
Ideally we would only have about 500 million people on earth, each of which lives like a king. But that is only one man's opinion.
If everyone lives like a king, who does all the work? Only about 30 percent of the population of Europe was killed by the Plague, but dividing their wealth among the survivors brought on an age of great prosperity. Nonetheless, everybody still had to work. ^_^
Hopefully more and more will be automated. Whole farms and factories which run with only the supervision of a single individual. Computerized trucks and ships that lug the cargo from point a to point be without so much as a human loader. That is the ideal for me.
you see clockwood??! see how patriarchally SET your world view is. everyone a 'KING'? ....EVEN the women?...hah
you forget that in ten years (2015) russia will nuke all major cities in the us that will take care of your over population, stds, and mad cow disease because we will grow our own food.
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Area of Oregon: 96,003 sq miles or 248,647,625,809 sq meters Available 100 sq meter plots: 248,647,625,809/100 = 2,486,476,258 Current world population (est): 6,425,013,492 Kind of like trying to mislead them with inaccurate statements. :m: Peace.
Sure. But then where are all those people gonna' piss and shit? How do they get rid of their garbage? Where are they gonna' get their food? And where are they gonna' get their clean, fresh drinking water? As someone has already said, and few paid any attention, overpopulation is NOT about numbers of people or where they'll live, but the necessary RESOURCES to provide for them. Drinking water and irrigation water for crops is the most immediate concern RIGHT NOW in most of the populated areas of the world ...and that inculdes the United States! Baron Max
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My math teacher said that when over population becomes a problem we have to start wars just to reduce the population.
Makes sense to me. Wouldn't work for America though as we lose only a handful of individuals in any modern war. We would need good WWI-type campaign to really put a dent in things. Population is self limiting one way or the other anyway.
Human sewerage is biodegradable , in some asian natiosn human wastes is used for fertilization . Again just use biodegrable products and ensure all manufacturing waste can be recycled for re-use . Growing high yeiding organic crops on clean land which there is plentiful open space to grow crops . Just take South America especially Argentina or the vast prime agricultural lands of africa or Russia . Even the American midwest posseses vast tracts of un used rich farmland . People starve in Africa because their respective nations must service debt repayments to the IMF it is a simple case of not having any cash to buy food . Over population is a fraud that has been around since the start of the 20th century . 70% of the Earth is water ! If we as a global unit follow the above procedures water would not be so polluted and that water which is can be made safe by filtration . There is more than enough resources for all to use present and more than enough for future generations . The real threat is rich greedy nations wishing to retain their lifestyle with enviromental vandalism . Where is the shortage ? Saudi Arabia desalinates sea water for safe use , Canada and New Zealand could very well export water to nations for use if need be . Water is renewable it will always be their more than ample .
I hate to brake your water bubble, but 70% of the planet's surface is covered in water. That is not quite the same as the earth being 70% water.
