Marrakech II
25-02-2005, 16:28
What?! When I first read this I am thinking... Where the hell are they coming from? But like always its poorer countries. With that said should we as industrialized nations go over there and feed em all. Because I am sure that some of those nations are going to have a real problem feeding them. On the other hand should we go over and teach them how to use birth control? I mean if we are going to have to feed this lot. Then we should have a say in birth control. Third do we let these people starve, close our borders and say. Its your problem [insert name of overpopulated country here]. What do you guys think?
Link:
http//:www.cnn.com/2005/US/02/24/un.population/index.html (http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/02/24/un.population/index.html)
Independent Homesteads
25-02-2005, 16:33
What?! When I first read this I am thinking... Where the hell are they coming from? But like always its poorer countries. Whith that said should we as industrialized nations go over there and feed em all. Because I am sure that some of those nations are going to have a real problem feeding them. On the other hand should we go over and teach them how to use birth control? I mean if we are going to have to feed this lot. Then we should have a say in birth control. Third do we let these people starve, close our borders and say. Its your problem [insert name of overpopulated country here]. What do you guys think?
Link:
http//:www.cnn.com/2005/US/02/24/un.population/index.html (http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/02/24/un.population/index.html)
There are natural limits on population growth. No size of population is too great until people start dying, reducing the population, you cansee where this is going.
Apart from fascist law (eg China) the single greatest reducer of population is wealth. The wealthier populations get, the fewer kids they have.
And I don't mean saudi princes with a hundred kids. They are wealthy *people*.
Portu Cale
25-02-2005, 16:38
What?! When I first read this I am thinking... Where the hell are they coming from? But like always its poorer countries. Whith that said should we as industrialized nations go over there and feed em all. Because I am sure that some of those nations are going to have a real problem feeding them. On the other hand should we go over and teach them how to use birth control? I mean if we are going to have to feed this lot. Then we should have a say in birth control. Third do we let these people starve, close our borders and say. Its your problem [insert name of overpopulated country here]. What do you guys think?
Link:
http//:www.cnn.com/2005/US/02/24/un.population/index.html (http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/02/24/un.population/index.html)
Homestad is right.. I mean, the populations grow, the question isnt their population grownth, it is their economy gronth.. historically, production has risen more than population, so the "feeding" capability remains.. I mean, you can have a country with a small population, but if they dont produce food, they will starve anyway, right?