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Better Believe It (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-30-11 12:03 PM Original message |
The Great Distraction: Are we really experiencing a population explosion? |
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SheilaT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-30-11 12:32 PM Response to Original message |
1. Well, yeah. |
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Better Believe It (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-30-11 12:37 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. "we're probably already long past true sustainability. " And why is that? |
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SheilaT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-30-11 12:55 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. Even though it is often presented |
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RC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-30-11 01:02 PM Response to Reply #3 |
8. We are fishing out the oceans, cutting down the forests, running out of the easy oil, destroying |
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Better Believe It (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-30-11 01:11 PM Response to Reply #8 |
11. We don't need to engage in that kind of activity to sustain a bigger population. |
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StarsInHerHair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-30-11 04:40 PM Response to Reply #11 |
50. running out of water-what are your plans to deal with it? |
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and-justice-for-all (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-30-11 12:56 PM Response to Reply #1 |
7. Thats right...nt |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-30-11 12:35 PM Response to Original message |
2. We are currently on the high end of the J curve, |
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Better Believe It (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-30-11 12:41 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. So Betsy Hartmann is a fool. Thanks for your enlightened contribution. |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-30-11 12:55 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. Smart enough to realize that somebody doesn't have even a modicum of critical thinking skills |
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Better Believe It (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-30-11 01:09 PM Response to Reply #6 |
9. Can you provide any hard facts to refute her article? Personal attacks just won't do it. |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-30-11 01:42 PM Response to Reply #9 |
14. So I suppose you didn't click on the link I provided then |
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Better Believe It (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-30-11 02:46 PM Response to Reply #14 |
16. "I'll take the word of a Nobel Prize winner over that of a Hampshire professor any day of the week " |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-30-11 02:57 PM Response to Reply #16 |
19. Wow, what nonsense |
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FLPanhandle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-30-11 03:02 PM Response to Reply #19 |
21. I get the feeling facts won't help in this persons case. |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-30-11 03:04 PM Response to Reply #21 |
22. It truly is amazing how people will stick their head in the sand on certain issues |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-30-11 03:10 PM Response to Reply #22 |
25. and ... they are connected |
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sudopod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-30-11 04:16 PM Response to Reply #19 |
43. Yeah, you pretty much hit all the high points. |
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Silent3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-30-11 03:08 PM Response to Reply #16 |
23. Why demand "hard facts" when it's clear... |
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FLPanhandle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-30-11 03:17 PM Response to Reply #23 |
27. Yet an article without any facts has convinced them that over-population isn't an issue. |
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LanternWaste (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-30-11 03:17 PM Response to Reply #16 |
26. You had maintained a modicum of credibility... |
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StarsInHerHair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-30-11 04:43 PM Response to Reply #16 |
52. you've mentione d those political/economic forces" so links? evidence? |
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amborin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-31-11 01:16 AM Response to Reply #6 |
82. +10000 |
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Gormy Cuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-30-11 03:42 PM Response to Reply #4 |
32. Hartmann is not saying that population isn't a problem, just that it's time to shift the focus |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-30-11 03:51 PM Response to Reply #32 |
36. The problem is that we can't live more sustainably with the population projections |
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Gormy Cuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-30-11 04:01 PM Response to Reply #36 |
37. We can live more sustainably than we are now. |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-30-11 04:06 PM Response to Reply #37 |
38. What can we change in the short term though |
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FLPanhandle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-30-11 04:14 PM Response to Reply #38 |
41. +1 |
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GliderGuider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-30-11 04:55 PM Response to Reply #38 |
55. +1 from me too. /nt |
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Gormy Cuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-30-11 07:15 PM Response to Reply #38 |
63. If by "on our own" you mean the U.S., the birth rate is already slightly below replacement. |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-30-11 10:59 PM Response to Reply #63 |
71. No, I was referring to the entire world. |
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FrodosPet (35 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-30-11 11:35 PM Response to Reply #38 |
75. Forced sterilization? Compulsory abortion? |
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FLPanhandle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-31-11 11:23 AM Response to Reply #75 |
103. Before solutioning, people need to acknowledge the problem. |
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former9thward (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-30-11 04:10 PM Response to Reply #36 |
39. You are giving the static arguments that Malthus gave 200 years ago. |
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FLPanhandle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-30-11 04:19 PM Response to Reply #39 |
45. Malthus didn't foresee the impact of petroleum based agriculture. |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-30-11 04:27 PM Response to Reply #39 |
46. Yeah, right |
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former9thward (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-30-11 05:40 PM Response to Reply #46 |
59. If you asre a farmer and "growing nothing but weeds" I guess you are out of business. |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-30-11 06:27 PM Response to Reply #59 |
61. Ah, there it is, |
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former9thward (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-30-11 07:23 PM Response to Reply #61 |
64. Out of context? I just quoted you word for word. Anyone can see the posts. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-30-11 08:59 PM Response to Reply #64 |
68. Deleted message |
MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-30-11 11:03 PM Response to Reply #64 |
72. Again, you are missing the point, perhaps deliberately so |
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Ikonoklast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-31-11 08:04 AM Response to Reply #46 |
94. The articles you link to say nothing about soil 'burned by ever increasing chemical use', |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-02-11 07:27 AM Response to Reply #94 |
112. I suggest that you do a little digging |
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leftstreet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-30-11 01:10 PM Response to Original message |
10. To maintain the capitalist system of resource grabbing, many will need to die |
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The2ndWheel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-30-11 01:37 PM Response to Original message |
12. If any one thing was the problem, or the solution, it would be easy |
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FLPanhandle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-30-11 01:39 PM Response to Original message |
13. According to most studies, an environmentally sustainable population is between 3-4 billion humans |
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Better Believe It (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-30-11 02:50 PM Response to Reply #13 |
17. What studies paid for by whom? Hunger exists. But, people having babies is not the cause of it. |
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FLPanhandle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-30-11 02:55 PM Response to Reply #17 |
18. LOL. |
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Silent3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-30-11 03:25 PM Response to Reply #17 |
29. Are you just blinded from seeing one problem because of another problem? |
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gkhouston (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-30-11 03:25 PM Response to Reply #17 |
30. I blame the stork, although I've heard a lot of ugly rumors about cabbage patches. n/t |
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StarsInHerHair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-30-11 04:49 PM Response to Reply #17 |
53. are you a Quiverfull? |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-30-11 04:54 PM Response to Reply #53 |
54. Niger, Uganda, Mali |
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StarsInHerHair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-30-11 10:56 PM Response to Reply #54 |
70. why? I'm asking the op thread starter. consider the water supply of Niger Uganda & Mali |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-31-11 04:02 AM Response to Reply #70 |
89. I guess I'm old fashioned. I believe in giving people the resources & personal autonomy |
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StarsInHerHair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-31-11 11:54 PM Response to Reply #89 |
109. mayabe you havent noticed all the Christians & Muslims running guns/bibles/torans |
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saras (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-30-11 02:24 PM Response to Original message |
15. 11-dimensional chess? |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-30-11 02:59 PM Response to Original message |
20. nine billion people is not sustainable |
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LanternWaste (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-30-11 03:21 PM Response to Reply #20 |
28. Your graph being the only reason I decided... |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-30-11 03:28 PM Response to Reply #28 |
31. We could not, and at this point I am glad |
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Mimosa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-30-11 11:48 PM Response to Reply #28 |
77. People who unselfishly chose to not 'reproduce' are heroes |
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FrodosPet (35 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-31-11 07:35 AM Response to Reply #77 |
92. Would people who commit suicide be even MORE heroic? |
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GliderGuider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-31-11 07:37 AM Response to Reply #92 |
93. No need. We all die eventually. Not reproducing has the largest knock-on effect. |
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robertpaulsen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-30-11 05:55 PM Response to Reply #20 |
60. Peak What? There's no elephant in the living room! |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-30-11 11:41 PM Response to Reply #60 |
76. Population collapse usually cmes |
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grahamhgreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-30-11 03:09 PM Response to Original message |
24. Yes. |
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Terry in Austin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-30-11 03:44 PM Response to Original message |
33. Urk. Where to even start with this one? |
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Quantess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-30-11 03:45 PM Response to Original message |
34. Yes. |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-30-11 03:45 PM Response to Original message |
35. In 1st world countries with personal autonomy and access to contraception? No. |
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FLPanhandle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-30-11 04:12 PM Response to Reply #35 |
40. Over population has nothing to with a specific country or if a population has stabilized. |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-30-11 04:32 PM Response to Reply #40 |
47. Bullshit. |
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FLPanhandle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-30-11 04:58 PM Response to Reply #47 |
57. Nope. |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-30-11 05:38 PM Response to Reply #57 |
58. Okay, so reducing the population of Japan to, say, zero would solve the crisis in Uganda? |
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FLPanhandle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-30-11 08:59 PM Response to Reply #58 |
67. Try and keep up |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-31-11 04:01 AM Response to Reply #67 |
88. Yes, I think I understand what you're saying. 1st world people are more environmentally destructive |
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GliderGuider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-31-11 06:15 AM Response to Reply #88 |
90. You are absolutely right that the problem is not monolithic. |
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FrodosPet (35 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-31-11 12:03 AM Response to Reply #40 |
78. We (well, most of us) know the problem |
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sudopod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-30-11 04:18 PM Response to Reply #35 |
44. Sounds like someone's having some projection issues there, lol nt |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-30-11 04:36 PM Response to Reply #44 |
48. Maybe. |
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Mimosa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-30-11 04:16 PM Response to Original message |
42. There are too many people in areas without resources. |
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Spike89 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-30-11 04:38 PM Response to Original message |
49. Yes, population pressure is a problem, but... |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-30-11 04:41 PM Response to Original message |
51. Personal autonomy, religion out of politics, jobs, contraceptives, & internet porn |
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Canuckistanian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-30-11 04:57 PM Response to Original message |
56. St Matthew Island cartoon - a cautionary tale |
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laundry_queen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-31-11 01:44 AM Response to Reply #56 |
87. Excellent demonstration of a population crash. nt |
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GliderGuider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-30-11 06:39 PM Response to Original message |
62. It's actually worse than that. We are experiencing overshoot. |
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amborin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-31-11 01:44 AM Response to Reply #62 |
86. and forget any other species |
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GliderGuider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-31-11 06:35 AM Response to Reply #86 |
91. I talk about "Completing the Copernican Revolution" |
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amborin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-31-11 10:48 AM Response to Reply #91 |
99. Great way to phrase it! |
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GliderGuider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-31-11 11:50 AM Response to Reply #99 |
105. There are a couple of ways that can happen. |
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amborin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-31-11 11:20 PM Response to Reply #105 |
108. great post; i've bookmarked it to re-read |
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LWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-30-11 07:32 PM Response to Original message |
65. I'm fine with getting serious about climate policy, conservation, |
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The2ndWheel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-30-11 08:52 PM Response to Original message |
66. Every institution we've built requires more people doing more things |
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bertman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-30-11 09:05 PM Response to Original message |
69. The planet is teeming with human beans who, like locusts, are devouring its surface |
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Better Believe It (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-30-11 11:08 PM Response to Reply #69 |
73. What is a human bean? |
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bertman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-31-11 09:44 AM Response to Reply #73 |
97. 'Human bean' is a euphemism for 'human being'. Unfortunately, too many of us alleged |
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cherokeeprogressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-30-11 11:14 PM Response to Original message |
74. You have challenged the notion that "breeders" are responsible for the world's ills. Expect to get |
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20score (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-31-11 01:10 AM Response to Original message |
79. Denial of the over-population problem infuriates me. |
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amborin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-31-11 01:13 AM Response to Reply #79 |
80. +10000 more houses, malls, forests chopped down, habitat destroyed, cars, pollution |
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FrodosPet (35 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-31-11 01:24 AM Response to Reply #80 |
84. It's a catch 22 |
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FrodosPet (35 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-31-11 01:14 AM Response to Reply #79 |
81. What is your solution? |
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20score (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-31-11 09:57 AM Response to Reply #81 |
98. World-wide education and access to birth control. More rights for women. Lifting economies in third |
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FrodosPet (35 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-31-11 10:54 AM Response to Reply #98 |
100. Those are positive, humane steps |
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amborin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-31-11 01:20 AM Response to Original message |
83. b.s. article by Hartman...overpopulation & its assoc morbidities is a global problem, not limited to |
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laundry_queen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-31-11 01:42 AM Response to Original message |
85. Everyone should watch this - we are PAST the 59th minute |
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blindpig (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-31-11 08:07 AM Response to Original message |
95. It is a massive distraction... |
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GliderGuider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-31-11 08:50 AM Response to Reply #95 |
96. I see two problems with this position. |
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blindpig (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-31-11 10:59 AM Response to Reply #96 |
101. Not we as a species but rather the ruling class. |
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FrodosPet (35 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-31-11 11:12 AM Response to Reply #95 |
102. How do you transport equitably? |
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blindpig (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-31-11 11:28 AM Response to Reply #102 |
104. I am sure that capitalist America is not the model. |
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FrodosPet (35 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-31-11 11:50 AM Response to Reply #104 |
106. What's the difference? |
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blindpig (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-31-11 12:57 PM Response to Reply #106 |
107. If the needs are different so will the infrastructure will be.. |
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FrodosPet (35 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-01-11 08:54 PM Response to Reply #107 |
110. So stick to producing onky what is necessary for life. |
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blindpig (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-02-11 07:25 AM Response to Reply #110 |
111. Strawman |
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