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06/02/2008 14:59:29
 
 
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Miscellaneous
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>>>>If you are being serious, populations do not increase exponentially or even at a rate of 100%. It will take humans a very long time to fill up the habitable part of the earth. That's if we don't manage to destroy it first....
>>>
>>>Population research scientists disagree with you.
>>
>>OK. Which ones? What do they say?
>
>First of all, you said, "populations do not increase exponentially or even at a rate of 100%". Where did you get that information?
>
>Here's a link for you. Be certain to read it all.
>http://www.livescience.com/strangenews/060224_world_population.html
>as you will see, the earth's population has quadrupled since 1900.
>
>Soon, Mother nature will not look upon us kindly.

According to the article, the world population has doubled since 1960. So I think MikeB was correct in that it doesn't expand by anywhere near 100% in a single year.

While I disagree with your "Soon, Mother nature will not look upon us kindly." it is only the "soon" part that I reject. It's happening NOW.

All of the continents have HUGE unpopulated or very low population areas. Africa is HUGE. North America and South America are HUGE. Asia is huge. Australia is huge. There is plenty of room for plenty of more people yet.
What there isn't room for is the unabated consumption that such a small part of the world practises.
And that's gonna be a real tough one to "fix"!
The richest country on earth ($$$-wise) is now basically driven by the consumer. And all of the poorer countries WANT some of that STUFF too. And even more so in the poorest countries!
It's the making of all that stuff, most especially entertainment/gadget/single-use items - that is killing Mother Nature. We need to find some way to have more longevity in things we can buy and to buy less things that we don't really 'need'.
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