PoliTalker (07-14-2019)
"Many scientists think Earth has a maximum carrying capacity of 9 billion to 10 billion people."
https://www.livescience.com/16493-pe...h-support.html
And, as a secondary question, if YOU believe 'Human Activity' is causing degradation of the Land, Water, and Atmosphere, ... why would YOU support MORE PEOPLE?
*This thread is NOT intended for the Jesus Freaks that think we will all end up in Heaven playing Horse Shoes with Jesus for Eternity.
PoliTalker (07-14-2019)
"The latest world population projections indicate that world population will reach 10 billion persons in the year 2055 and 11 billion in the year 2088."
https://www.worldometers.info/world-population/
The US can't control 'population growth' in other Countries. But it CAN control 'population growth' in the US.
Like with Marijuana,the majority of breeding males,must be up rooted and destroyed
AM I, I AM's,AM I.
What day is Michaelmas on?
It was more a serious question. Like, 'Extinction'.
You have Red Team that is against 'Birth Control/Abortion'.
And you have Blue Team that supports 'Immigration for All'.
Trying to be unbiased and objective here, ... it doesn't look good for the 'Survival of the Humanoids as a Species'.
Yeah. I'm guessing the Jesus Freaks really don't care. I was trying to get some input from those that live in Reality.
"Many of the water systems that keep ecosystems thriving and feed a growing human population have become stressed. Rivers, lakes and aquifers are drying up or becoming too polluted to use. More than half the world’s wetlands have disappeared. Agriculture consumes more water than any other source and wastes much of that through inefficiencies. Climate change is altering patterns of weather and water around the world, causing shortages and droughts in some areas and floods in others."
https://www.worldwildlife.org/threats/water-scarcity
AM I, I AM's,AM I.
What day is Michaelmas on?
anonymoose (07-14-2019), USFREEDOM911 (07-15-2019)
That must be the same idiot scientists that believe the climate change hoax. They can't be trusted.
If more people are a problem, there is an easy solution. All of the idiots that believe the climate change hoax can immediately, and voluntarily, stop breathing. If they truly cared about the planet and truly believed what they claim to believe, why wouldn't they do their part about all the CO2 they emit when they exhale?
Jack and Mason have too many 'offspring' on this board....
Sirthinksalot (07-15-2019)
Those numbers are extremely conservative and probably far off the mark. In North America alone only around 25% of our arable land is even populated. Approximately half the population of North America live in the Continental US east of the Mississippi River and even there the population density is about half that of Europe.
The planets human carrying capacity of the planet far exceeds the numbers the article quotes by 3 to 4 times those numbers. Look at Asia for another example. Of the 4.5 billion people in Asia 3 billion live in China and India with most of their populations concentrated along their coasts. Both nations together represent about 20% of the land area of Asia. Massive areas of northern and Central Asia are still sparsely populated but have the carrying capacity for much larger human populations. They may have unpleasant climates but certainly ones in which large numbers of humans can survive and thrive in.
As for the ecological effects of course those areas seeing large population growth are profoundly impacted. As to why more, that’s a question with no real answer. Because we can? Ultimately humanity is governed by the laws of biology and if human populations exceed the capacity to support life then large numbers of the excessive populations will die until a balance with carrying capacity is reached.
You're Never Alone With A Schizophrenic!
anonymoose (07-14-2019), Jack (07-14-2019)
The planet became overpopulated upon the birth of Banjofuck.
Guno צְבִי (07-14-2019)
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