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In reply to the discussion: Researchers Say Earth Is Headed for "Jaw-Dropping" Population Decline [View all]CatLady78
(1,041 posts)51. Everything you said on this thread
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Celerity
Jul 2020
OP
Initially, that will be a problem, but once lower birth rates become the norm, things will
smirkymonkey
Jul 2020
#17
LOL some of us already working into our 60s-70s! Id be living on dogfood if I
Kashkakat v.2.0
Jul 2020
#54
Your are incorrect. Forecasted is commonly used (but not limited to) British English, and is also
Celerity
Jul 2020
#47
Yes, we will have to reorganize societies, and I don't think this is a bad thing.
smirkymonkey
Jul 2020
#4
unless you live in Nigeria, they're projected to have more people than the US and the EU combined do
Celerity
Jul 2020
#8
Bangladesh is one sixth the size of Nigeria and has 165 million, Nigeria has 206 million now
Celerity
Jul 2020
#27
if Bangladesh was the same size as Nigeria, with its current density, it'd have 1.03 billion people
Celerity
Jul 2020
#32
Either nature will take over (disease, global warming, which will cause starvation and death from
smirkymonkey
Jul 2020
#21
A decrease in litter size is normal in rat overpopulation experiments. aggression is increased too
Baclava
Jul 2020
#12
There will be more automation in the future. The only reason they say it's negative
JI7
Jul 2020
#18
Remember when SOYLENT GREEN suggested that our real problem was overpopulation?
brooklynite
Jul 2020
#20
They had a lot of extras for that movie. It was the last movie for Edward G. Robinson.
rusty quoin
Jul 2020
#25
"Who pays tax in a massively aged world? Who pays for healthcare for the elderly?"
Mariana
Jul 2020
#26