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Population growth strains global resources
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We're adding 77 million energy-consuming people to the planet every year. Not one politician has talked about population growth in regards to many of our problems!
http://www2.ljworld.com/news/2008/jun/23/population_growth_strains_global_resources/
http://www2.ljworld.com/news/2008/jun/23/population_growth_strains_global_resources/
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So whats your solution.
Good question I really can't answer. Education obviously but how do we get that going when people who run our government are blind?
Snip, snip...for both genders. That would solve a lot of problems.
Zulu, you go first.
We were taught about the Malthusian Theory 40 years ago in high school, the teacher laughed about it, said it could not possibly come true.
The Grim Reaper will get the last laugh.
have more wars. thin the herd.
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It will balance out. In the US people are actually having less children now than 25 years ago.
In 100 years 99.9 percent of the people on this planet now will be gone and so on . China has strict child birth laws now and their population is much slower on the rise than it was.
no fooling.
have more wars. thin the herd.
Sad fact, that's the only way.
JM
We throw all; kinds of aid to Africa and what happens? They breed like rabbits until any UN food aid is no longer sufficient, and then warlords start to hoard what is sent [xx(]
Let them learn the error of their ways the hard way.
My solution? I got a vasectomy. What have you done?
Of course, only because (a) it's the Third World nations that are growing the fastest and (b) said population growth is directly affecting their ability to enjoy the good life of cheap goods and cheap energy.
Pro-life: a position of convenience predicated upon the notion that life is only valuable until it's born or it gets in the way.
And suddenly the pro-lifers pipe up in favor of population control...
Of course, only because (a) it's the Third World nations that are growing the fastest and (b) said population growth is directly affecting their ability to enjoy the good life of cheap goods and cheap energy.
Pro-life: a position of convenience predicated upon the notion that life is only valuable until it's born or it gets in the way.
[yawns...] You say something, Monkey?
Pandemic! Mother nature will take care of the problem. But when?
JM
Do you think the CIA is behind AIDS in Africa or did the Africans bring it upon themselves by having sex with monkeys?
JM[?]
We should stop rebuilding the places that we blow the you know what out of. We whup em, then we build them back up, then they rob us blind and come over here and kill us? Does this make sense? Not to me.
Rebuilding is big business. Lottsa' money involved. Our sons get killed so they can make money. GRR![:(!]
JM
Any American that thinks that we have too many Americans, should report to the "Ethical Suicide Parlor" next to their local Ho Jo!
quote:Originally posted by bgjohn
Pandemic! Mother nature will take care of the problem. But when?
JM
Do you think the CIA is behind AIDS in Africa or did the Africans bring it upon themselves by having sex with monkeys?
JM[?]
you are a peice of work. They brought it on themselves by eating monkeys. They call it bush meat, and other meat is very scarce there.
just a joke
And suddenly the pro-lifers pipe up in favor of population control...
I'm not sure what you mean. I think the pro-life crowd could more accurately be called the anti-abortion crowd. Pro life will always stand against aborting unborn children. That does not mean they think its right for any one to pound out children they have no means to support or no intentions of supporting. Population control is not easy thing to fix. Espescially in places where there is little good happening in peoples lives, and the only simple pleasure they have leads to the spread of disease and unwanted children.
As far as the strict laws in China : I heard (maybe someone can confirm or deny) that they have backfired and they now have a generation with a massive unbalance in male to female ratio? It would seem if every family was only allowed one child, and every family felt the desire to have a son, they would abort any pregnancies as soon as they found out they were having a girl. Next thing you know you have one female for every 20-30 males. If this be the case, you have introduced a whole new set of problems worse than the original.
Doug
I don't believe that population is the problem.
Snip, snip...for both genders. That would solve a lot of problems.
Anyone even thinks about getting close enuff to me to snip and I'll shoot them!!!!!!!!!!![:(!][:(!][:(!][:(!][:(!]
You could take every person in the world and stand them all in the crater of Mt St Helens.....
What are YOU smokin? Have you ever been to/seen Mt. St. Helens?
... six billion people standing in the crator of Mt. St. Helens ...
LOL ... jeeze! Don't bogart that doobie, friend!
Nature limits over population with rats, roaches and
other pests ... in this case, I predict, it'll be
self-inflicted.
You could take every person in the world and stand them all in the crater of Mt St Helens.....
I don't believe that population is the problem.
Were did that statistic come from?
Remember there are over 5 billion people on this planet.