So, what are your views on the idea of overpopulation, is it a clear and present danger to us?
If it is, then what do you propose should be done about it?
I personally think that overpopulation is a big mid-term danger for us and that all too few people really seem to believe that the world can become overpopulated. In terms of solutions, it's hard to really think of one that doesn't 'hurt' people even indirectly, but I imagine that improving the accessibility of contraception (and the ways that contraception is talked about in classrooms) would be a short-term help.
ok listen... if we took everyone in the world and gave each family a half acher of land, we could fit the entire population of the world, in the continent of austrailia...
Does that sound like we are over populated?
and yes I understand exponential growth. that is what I am studying in Algebra right now
but seriously we don't need to implement geneside to keep down the "thret" of "overpopulation"
No, but, you need to remember that carrying capacity doesn't just refer to landmass. It takes into consideration food, water, and natural resources as well as sanitation and medical resources for human populations.
The problem with population is that attempting to control it is seem as totalitarian and, for lack of a better word here, evil. Moreover, if we attempted to only allow those with the "best" genetics to reproduce we would criticized for practicing eugenics.
So, what do we do? We do what we've done every time before, we invent and create. Arcologies and Vertical Farming are two potential solutions to overpopulation but they still aren't completely ready for mainstream use.
ok listen... if we took everyone in the world and gave each family a half acher of land, we could fit the entire population of the world, in the continent of austrailia...
Does that sound like we are over populated?
Yes, it does. Humans need food, water, and shelter. All that requires more than a half acre per family. Especially since that wouldn't include non-livable areas, buildings for companies, road/paths for travel, and unused land that we always will need.
ok listen... if we took everyone in the world and gave each family a half acher of land, we could fit the entire population of the world, in the continent of austrailia...
Does that sound like we are over populated?
the problems we are going to get whit overpopulation has nothing to do whit space. there is enoufg space on earth for atleast 50 billion more people.
then problems we are looking at are that the earth can't provide enoufg resources for all the people to live from.
half a acer of land is by far not enoufg to sustain 1 person for 1 year. (in most country's)
Overpopulation is a huge problem, or will be a huge problem relatively soon within society. There are many solutions to this which we have not yet effectively used.
In order to produce 1 pound of chicken, 10 lbs of grain must be used for consumption by the animal
Simply shifting some of our dietary wants to a more grain based society would cut down on the amount of food we are wasting. However this also poses a problem because meat is something that many are not willing to give up. Also this poses a dietary issue as well. Meat is something that should remain in everyone's diet, but maybe take one meal a night or 2 meals a night and go all vegetarian.
Another area in which food is being wasted is the use of corn in our fuel. Solving the energy crisis will also help to cut down on the lack of food caused by overpopulation.
Solving the energy crisis will also help to cut down on the lack of food caused by overpopulation.
the energy crisis is already solved. it's just that the consumers (aka, we all) are not willing to make the changes. if we all would drive electric cars the problem would be solved for more then 50% already. the cars are there. (they are not slow. and they can drive up to 10 hours befor they have to be recharged) but the consumers do not want to buy them somehow. (probably the myth that it's ugly, slow and not able to drive for long) sure the price of these cars is high right now. and you are not able to recharge it at a local gas station. but the price wil simply go down as soon more and more people buy the car and when more and more people has these cars then automaticly gas stations will start providing the recharge points.
i think overpopulation could be a major problem in the future, due to inceased demand for food and natural resources
though admittedly if we changed our diets,or cut down food wastage (for example surplus food that is destroyed to control the prices of produce) we could mitigate this somewaht
he energy crisis is already solved. it's just that the consumers (aka, we all) are not willing to make the changes.
the energy problem is also a problem although untill all energy is produced renewably electric cars are worse than useless (worse than petrol, due to ineffeciency of power stations producing electricity, remeber energy is always lost at each step)
natural resources and polution would be a much larger problem, there is only a finite amount of metals and other elements in the crust, and as more countries get developed the demand for goods increases
in short, we would have to change the whole culture of consumerism because its far too unsustainable
