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    Quote Originally Posted by Mott the Hoople View Post
    How do you breed a planet?
    A serious question. Extinction ... no laughing matter.

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    Quote Originally Posted by CFM View Post
    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?
    I believe you are a Jesus Freak, so you could care less what happens.

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    Quote Originally Posted by PostmodernProphet View Post
    Jack and Mason have too many 'offspring' on this board....
    --->diversion<---

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    Quote Originally Posted by CFM View Post
    You better hope Hell can hold that many. It's going to be uncomfortable for you.
    Thank you for proving my observation about you.

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    Mott: "Those numbers are extremely conservative and probably far off the mark."
    Jack: The Scientists came up with the number. They must have had a reason for the calculation.

    Mott: "The planets human carrying capacity of the planet far exceeds the numbers the article quotes by 3 to 4 times those numbers."
    Jack: Wow! Are you sure it's not 10 or 20 times the number the Article quotes? (I'm taking their word on this over yours)

    Mott: "As for the ecological effects of course those areas seeing large population growth are profoundly impacted."
    Jack: Yes. Scarcity of Fresh Water would be one thing.

    Mott: "As to why more, that’s a question with no real answer."
    Jack: The Answer would be LESS Humans. NOT MORE. Is there ANY benefit for MORE Humans on the Planet?

    Mott: "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."
    Jack: Yes. Or Humans have the capacity to see what could happen and Plan for the Future.

    Mott: "... until a balance with carrying capacity is reached."
    Jack: OR ... the Humans degrade the Planet, the Water, and the Atmosphere, to the point no Humans can exist on Earth, the Home Planet.


    It's funny (not funny haha, but funny odd) that the same people that claim 'Climate Change' is caused by 'Human Activity', don't support a Program of Population Control.



    Quote Originally Posted by Mott the Hoople View Post
    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.

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    Quote Originally Posted by NiftyNiblick View Post
    The planet became overpopulated upon the birth of Banjofuck.
    Is this another Red Team/Blue Team finger pointing contest?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jack View Post
    Is this another Red Team/Blue Team finger pointing contest?
    Aren't they all?
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    Quote Originally Posted by MASON View Post
    Like with Marijuana,the majority of breeding males,must be up rooted and destroyed
    why destroy them?


    snip snip and their little swimmers cant make more

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    In about 1800 Malthus came up with the problem being a linear food supply and exponential population growth eventually crossing.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malthusianism He was fighting for population control. This is not new. Malthus was a reverend.It was not an affront to religious people then.

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    Quote Originally Posted by evince View Post
    why destroy them?


    snip snip and their little swimmers cant make more
    I suppose we could use the male plants for CBD oil!
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    well If the females are culled and their sex parts smoked or pressed for oil


    then the males may prefer to be culled at onset of sex parts

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    on the serious side


    you can pay every female alive ( men too if they have some way of proving it ...say temporary or permanent sterilization) a stipend for not being pregnant that year.



    its a world problem and would require a world wide solution

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    Default Anybody think we are 'over breeding' the Planet? YES!

    Hi Jack,

    Quote Originally Posted by Jack View Post
    "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.
    I like to put it this way.

    Ask 100 people what they think the biggest problem in the world is. Don't prompt them with any context. Just straight up question, right out of the blue.

    My contention is that NONE would answer thus:

    "The biggest problem the world faces is we just don't have enough humans on the planet."

    I think we already exceeded the most comfortable level of human population a long time ago. We could all have so much more if there were far fewer humans.

    There would be more of everything to go around. Land, natural resources, etc.

    And there would be far less pollution.

    The world would be great with about a billion, I think.

    Seems all to much like we are in the process of extracting natural resources and converting them into pollutants and landfill material.

    Question comes to mind: How long can we do that?

    The answer is: A lot longer if there were fewer of us.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Gonzomin View Post
    In about 1800 Malthus came up with the problem being a linear food supply and exponential population growth eventually crossing.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malthusianism He was fighting for population control. This is not new. Malthus was a reverend.It was not an affront to religious people then.
    I think it was more a 'cerebral' debate then. NOW, it's becoming REAL.

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    What you say sounds like common sense to me.
    There seems to be a lack of consensus on what 'facts' we are using.
    If one person claims 'Climate Change' is our Greatest Threat and is caused by 'Human Activity'. And the next person claims 'Climate Change' is a Chinese Hoax and there's more than enough Land for doubling of the World Population, then you're not going to resolve anything.


    Quote Originally Posted by PoliTalker View Post
    Hi Jack,



    I like to put it this way.

    Ask 100 people what they think the biggest problem in the world is. Don't prompt them with any context. Just straight up question, right out of the blue.

    My contention is that NONE would answer thus:

    "The biggest problem the world faces is we just don't have enough humans on the planet."

    I think we already exceeded the most comfortable level of human population a long time ago. We could all have so much more if there were far fewer humans.

    There would be more of everything to go around. Land, natural resources, etc.

    And there would be far less pollution.

    The world would be great with about a billion, I think.

    Seems all to much like we are in the process of extracting natural resources and converting them into pollutants and landfill material.

    Question comes to mind: How long can we do that?

    The answer is: A lot longer if there were fewer of us.

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