Is World Population Going To Be a Big Problem? (10 Viewers)
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Eirk, put more of those big dams up around the cities.
Hell, just build a dome over the whole country. That's what I want to do..
Eirk, put more of those big dams up around the cities.
Hell, just build a dome over the whole country. That's what I want to do..
It consists of two moving dam-doors who close when the weather becomes worrying. Each dam door would be far taller than the Eiffel tower when put up straight
On another note: I just read that there are about 20 such projects in planning stages right now. Rumours have it that, to be able to close all of these gigantic dams at the same time at the highest possible speed, a new electric power plant is being built on an island just off the coast in the North Sea that is able to power all of them. The required power boost would cause a temporary black-out in the region reaching as far as Paris
We'll have to move to the colonies. Aruba, Curaçao etc :cheesy:
At the end of the day gobvernments need to take responsibility. They need to make it less financially attractive to have kids, by revamping or removing the state benefit system (obviously I'm only speaking for this country 0 I wouldn't know what its like abroad) - and imposing a max amount of kids per family of , at most, 3 should help.
Allthough your statement is of course correct, tom... it does not apply to us...
We are actually facing under population... in currently having over half the population 50 years old or more and with current birth rates... this is a problem we do not have to worry about... likewise with australia i believe
China , india etc are a different story who really need to sort out this problem..
But then in my view... one way or another it will all be sorted by natural selection
We are actually facing under population... in currently having over half the population 50 years old or more and with current birth rates... this is a problem we do not have to worry about... likewise with australia i believe
China , india etc are a different story who really need to sort out this problem..
But then in my view... one way or another it will all be sorted by natural selection
The thing is, European countries don't have a problem with popularity growth, in fact most of them would see a negative ratio if it wasn't for immigration. I suspect the same may be the case for the US. Does that have something to do with the standard of living? I wouldn't rule that out, Japan had phenomenal growth and now is no longer growing at all. South Korea is at .38%. Does that mean every country will stop growing once everyone reaches our standard of living? I don't know, does it?
Well, I wouldn't exactly call it under population (unless thats the scientific term for it - somewhat misleading) - from my experience we have too many people for the area of land we occupy.
If your point about demographics is true however it looks like it won't be so bad in the future. Unfortunately the population problems in underdeveloped countries will end up worming their way over here in the form of increased immigration - its defo a world problem, and relying on natural disasters or illness seems a tad far fetched at best.
If your point about demographics is true however it looks like it won't be so bad in the future. Unfortunately the population problems in underdeveloped countries will end up worming their way over here in the form of increased immigration - its defo a world problem, and relying on natural disasters or illness seems a tad far fetched at best.
I not sure whether standard of living is the right set of words... but definately the way of life in the 'modern' world and the increasing equality of women (more oportunity , no longer seen as put on this earth to produce children etc ) definately plays a major role in our current population structure
It's all about climate, baby. Forget AIDS. Forget ebola. Forget civil wars. In fact, if there were a nuclear war, I'm convinced the greatest loss of life would be in the form of the agricultural fall-out than from multiple nuclear blasts or radiation. Same for the next time the earth is hit by an asteroid.
When Yellowstone last popped its cork about 650,000 or so years ago and most of North America was covered in ash, the earth's average temperature may have only dropped a few degrees, but many scientists believe it wiped out the majority of the earth's plant life and animal species at the time. The domino effect of entire plant and animal species going extinct with a climate jigger would be pretty much beyond our normal comprehension of disaster.
When Yellowstone last popped its cork about 650,000 or so years ago and most of North America was covered in ash, the earth's average temperature may have only dropped a few degrees, but many scientists believe it wiped out the majority of the earth's plant life and animal species at the time. The domino effect of entire plant and animal species going extinct with a climate jigger would be pretty much beyond our normal comprehension of disaster.
