Star Member Newsjock (10,938 posts)
Humanity's 'inexorable' population growth is so rapid that even global catastrophe wouldn't stop it
Source: The Independent
The global human population is “locked in†to an inexorable rise this century and will not be easily shifted, even by apocalyptic events such as a third world war or lethal pandemic, a study has found.
There is no “quick fix†to the population time-bomb, because there are now so many people even unimaginable global disasters won't stop growth, scientists have concluded.
Although measures designed to reduce human fertility in the parts of the world where the population growth is fastest will eventually have a long-term impact on numbers, this has to go hand-in-hand with policies aimed at reducing the consumption of natural resources, they said.
Two prominent ecologists, who normally study animal populations in the wild, have concluded that the number of people in the world today will present one of the most daunting problems for sustainable living on the planet in the coming century – even if every country adopts a draconian “one child†policy.
Read more: http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/humanitys-inexorable-population-growth-is-so-rapid-that-even-global-catastrophe-wouldnt-stop-it-9821601.html
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10025724325Gee, let's see which countries will lead the world in population growth...
From
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/howard-steven-friedman/population-growth-worldwide_b_1245202.html:
Because the internal and external factors vary greatly across countries, there are sharp national differences in projected population growth. So which countries are projected to have the largest population growth? The top countries in order of the expected increase in population between 2010 and 2050 are:
(1) India 467 million projected population increase
(2) Nigeria 231 million
(3) Pakistan 101 million
(4) Tanzania 93 million
(5) United States 93 million
(6) DR Congo 83 million
(7) Ethiopia 62 million
(8) Philippines 62 million
(9) Uganda 61 million
(10) Kenya 56 million
So over a billion new, highly objectionable brown/black people, getting in the way of rich old honky liberals like kpete. Meanwhile the US better PRAY we get 93 million new people to help pay for all the entitlements being lavished on union monkeys now.
Star Member tblue37 (14,556 posts)
2. I hate to say it, (no you don't) but we are probably due for a die off some time in this century, or early in the next. (starting with you, I hope)
I am 64, so I probably will be spared the worst of it, but I fear for what my children and grandchildren will face. (Maybe they'll read this and disown you, asshole liberal.)
Response to tblue37 (Reply #2)
Mon Oct 27, 2014, 10:50 PM
Star Member pennylane100 (2,531 posts)
3. That is exactly how I feel about it.
I am older than you so I also believe I will not be around when it happens but I think about my beloved children and their precious children and I wonder what life will be like for them.
(If your children are so beloved then why do you begrudge others having them? Oh, I know. You're WHITE and LIBERAL. The world was MADE for you.)
Sadly, the parents of my youngest grandchildren are highly educated and live a comfortable upper middle class life. However, they do not see the dangers that are becoming more pronounced and what it will mean for their children. Yes, they recycle and donate to lots of causes but the only way things will get better is if they all become die hard environmentalists. They are not there yet. I just hope it is not too late for them and the millions like them to take up the fight.(That's what people were saying 50 years ago, too.)
And god help us all if the republicans gain the house and the senate. We will all be doomed. (Not if you eat a pistol first.)
Life for me, but not for thee. That's the liberal way.