The 7 billion milestone: is population growth a problem?

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Onceler

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That's really a whole lot of people. Food & water shortages are already prevalent, the ocean has been over-fished and polluted to the point where the food supply there is at a dangerous tipping point, we're going to likely add 2 billion more by mid-century, and life expectancies will likely average over 100 by then.

So, do you consider population growth to be a problem? If not, why not? If you do, what would you suggest?
 
Predictions from 1970------------


"Population will inevitably and completely outstrip whatever small increases in food supplies we make. The death rate will increase until at least 100-200 million people per year will be starving to death during the next ten years."
- Paul Ehrlich, Stanford University biologist

"By...[1975] some experts feel that food shortages will have escalated the present level of world hunger and starvation into famines of unbelievable proportions. Other experts, more optimistic, think the ultimate food-population collision will not occur until the decade of the 1980s."
- Paul Ehrlich, Stanford University biologist

"It is already too late to avoid mass starvation."
- Denis Hayes, chief organizer for Earth Day


So whats your predictions in 2012
 
bravo said:
Predictions from 1970------------


"Population will inevitably and completely outstrip whatever small increases in food supplies we make. The death rate will increase until at least 100-200 million people per year will be starving to death during the next ten years."
- Paul Ehrlich, Stanford University biologist

"By...[1975] some experts feel that food shortages will have escalated the present level of world hunger and starvation into famines of unbelievable proportions. Other experts, more optimistic, think the ultimate food-population collision will not occur until the decade of the 1980s."
- Paul Ehrlich, Stanford University biologist

"It is already too late to avoid mass starvation."
- Denis Hayes, chief organizer for Earth Day


So whats your predictions in 2012
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So, you don't think it's a problem, based on predictions from the 70's?
 
bravo said:
Predictions from 1970------------


"Population will inevitably and completely outstrip whatever small increases in food supplies we make. The death rate will increase until at least 100-200 million people per year will be starving to death during the next ten years."
- Paul Ehrlich, Stanford University biologist

"By...[1975] some experts feel that food shortages will have escalated the present level of world hunger and starvation into famines of unbelievable proportions. Other experts, more optimistic, think the ultimate food-population collision will not occur until the decade of the 1980s."
- Paul Ehrlich, Stanford University biologist

"It is already too late to avoid mass starvation."
- Denis Hayes, chief organizer for Earth Day


So whats your predictions in 2012
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The world ends for humans, the plan to defeat the zombies fails because they are supported by an alien invasion.
 
Onceler said:
That's really a whole lot of people. Food & water shortages are already prevalent, the ocean has been over-fished and polluted to the point where the food supply there is at a dangerous tipping point, we're going to likely add 2 billion more by mid-century, and life expectancies will likely average over 100 by then.

So, do you consider population growth to be a problem? If not, why not? If you do, what would you suggest?
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i'm sure the government will save us. that's their job, right?
 
Onceler said:
That's really a whole lot of people. Food & water shortages are already prevalent, the ocean has been over-fished and polluted to the point where the food supply there is at a dangerous tipping point, we're going to likely add 2 billion more by mid-century, and life expectancies will likely average over 100 by then.

So, do you consider population growth to be a problem? If not, why not? If you do, what would you suggest?
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Soylent Green.
 
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