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alp227 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-22-11 05:43 PM Original message |
Population of world 'could grow to 15bn by 2100' |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-22-11 06:04 PM Response to Original message |
1. Global warming will take care of that, I'm afraid |
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nilram (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-22-11 09:04 PM Response to Reply #1 |
17. Exactly. "Could... But it won't." |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-22-11 09:19 PM Response to Reply #17 |
18. Look a little closer at Brazil |
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roguevalley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-23-11 12:46 AM Response to Reply #1 |
23. the tonnage of refuse and waste coupled with depleted bodies |
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Denninmi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-22-11 06:24 PM Response to Original message |
2. Yeah, I think we're heading the other way. |
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LiberalFighter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-22-11 06:40 PM Response to Original message |
3. What makes them think we will ever hit 15 billion? |
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wordpix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-22-11 08:46 PM Response to Reply #3 |
16. 7 billion, 9 billion, 15 billion, they're all a disaster |
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PuffedMica (584 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-22-11 06:45 PM Response to Original message |
4. We need to get off fossil fuel and switch to clean, renewable energy ASAP |
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wordpix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-22-11 08:43 PM Response to Reply #4 |
13. +1 people should start imagining life w/out power from fossil fuels/nuke plants |
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Celefin (256 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-23-11 06:43 PM Response to Reply #4 |
38. First of all, we would need to get off consumer society |
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Gregorian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-22-11 07:08 PM Response to Original message |
5. Since we can't discuss what to do about it, how can we logically change the growth? |
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the other one (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-22-11 07:35 PM Response to Original message |
6. We will hit 6 billion before we hit 8 billion |
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LateTrade (10 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-22-11 07:55 PM Response to Reply #6 |
9. Did I misunderstand your post? We're on the verge of 7 billion now... |
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randome (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-24-11 09:06 AM Response to Reply #9 |
42. Think he's saying... |
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GliderGuider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-24-11 09:09 AM Response to Reply #42 |
44. I agree as well. I don't think we'll hit 8 billion. n/t |
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GliderGuider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-24-11 09:09 AM Response to Reply #9 |
43. It's an easy scenario to paint |
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zalinda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-22-11 07:50 PM Response to Original message |
7. It is well known that women in poverty have more children. |
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alp227 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-22-11 08:45 PM Response to Reply #7 |
15. good question. Those reality shows must sell because most people don't understand |
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AtheistCrusader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-22-11 07:55 PM Response to Original message |
8. I wonder if this is a sidelong suggestion that we are about to enter a worldwide depression. |
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Crunchy Frog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-22-11 07:57 PM Response to Original message |
10. I doubt it. I expect we will see a large population crash before the end of this century. |
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shanti (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-22-11 08:43 PM Response to Reply #10 |
14. +1 |
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randome (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-24-11 11:13 AM Response to Reply #14 |
46. Because TPTB want to wipe out humanity? |
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LateTrade (10 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-22-11 07:58 PM Response to Original message |
11. Given the beef, chicken, pork, and fish consumption of the almost 7 Bn now... |
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stuntcat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-23-11 02:29 PM Response to Reply #11 |
32. +1 |
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alp227 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-23-11 05:12 PM Response to Reply #11 |
34. well what about people living in rural infertile lands who NEED meat to survive? |
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randome (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 01:31 PM Response to Reply #34 |
53. Relocate or die. |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-22-11 08:26 PM Response to Original message |
12. Everything I've read has said that the population will peak at 9 Billion. |
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Kablooie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-22-11 09:47 PM Response to Original message |
19. Maybe they figure we will have conquered aging by then. |
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glinda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-22-11 11:45 PM Response to Reply #19 |
22. And the rich promote overpopulation and destruction of resources to help kill others off. |
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MrSlayer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-22-11 10:33 PM Response to Original message |
20. Too many people, limited resources. |
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BlueIris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-22-11 11:13 PM Response to Original message |
21. Not buying it. Nature has her own harsh curative remedies for overpopulation, |
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Johnson20 (78 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-23-11 11:49 AM Response to Reply #21 |
27. And war. n/t |
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GliderGuider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-24-11 10:02 AM Response to Reply #27 |
45. Probably not war - it's not strong enough. |
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stuntcat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-23-11 02:36 PM Response to Reply #21 |
33. I'm hoping Disease will do it. |
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InvisibleTouch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-23-11 05:41 PM Response to Reply #33 |
36. I am with you there!! n/t |
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Nay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-23-11 10:08 AM Response to Original message |
24. Got news 4 U. "Big Dieoff by 2100" is more likely. |
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The Stranger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-23-11 11:31 AM Response to Original message |
25. I always found it weird that when overpopulation is talked about, these weird pro-overpopulation |
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Arrowhead2k1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-23-11 11:45 AM Response to Original message |
26. It's about time to seriously look into colonizing the moon and other planets. |
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Johnson20 (78 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-23-11 11:53 AM Response to Reply #26 |
28. Yeah Earth first! |
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0rganism (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-23-11 01:13 PM Response to Reply #26 |
30. why do we need to "keep growing"? |
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Celefin (256 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-23-11 06:09 PM Response to Reply #30 |
37. Because our economic system demands growth |
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0rganism (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-23-11 09:08 PM Response to Reply #37 |
39. human population growth rate in 2009 was 1.1% |
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Celefin (256 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-24-11 04:07 AM Response to Reply #39 |
40. UN operates from the premise of further growth in agricultural productivity |
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GliderGuider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-24-11 08:51 AM Response to Reply #40 |
41. One of the big complicating factors is climate change altering global rainfall patterns |
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Celefin (256 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-24-11 12:04 PM Response to Reply #41 |
48. The perfect storm |
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randome (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-24-11 11:21 AM Response to Reply #30 |
47. The only solution is an international numbers game. |
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Terry in Austin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-24-11 07:37 PM Response to Reply #26 |
51. Colonizing planets -- "seriously" |
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NickB79 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 12:17 PM Response to Reply #26 |
52. At a cost of a million dollars per person or more, I doubt it |
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Doctor_J (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-23-11 12:15 PM Response to Original message |
29. There is no way this planet can sustain that many people |
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dudkos (10 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-23-11 01:49 PM Response to Original message |
31. Based on global warming denial,,,,,,, |
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InvisibleTouch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-23-11 05:39 PM Response to Original message |
35. Paging Thomas Malthus and any available Horsemen! n/t |
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GliderGuider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-24-11 02:35 PM Response to Original message |
49. Overpopulation, climate change and the "Free Rider" problem |
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randome (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-24-11 03:27 PM Response to Reply #49 |
50. As long as climate strange affects someone else... |
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