SHOULDN'T WE BE SERIOUSLY STOPPING OUR POPULATION GROWTH?

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Originally Posted by Zeros

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PS: this has also been responsible for Land Rover prioritising urban SUV’s and no longer building work vehicles for the bush.

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Yes! An interesting thought, but the number of people actually working on farms has decreased enormously since 1948, greatly reducing the need for small working vehicles such as Landrovers. No longer (as a general rule) is there a a vehicle such as a Landrover used for general purposes on a small farm, with a number of these farms merged to a smaller number of larger enterprises that can use multiple vehicles to fill the various roles that the Landrover was aimed at in 1948, a passenger vehicle, a ute, a small tractor, a four wheeler, a couple of motorbikes. Farms are larger, and can to afford several more specialised vehicles - and there are a lot less of them.

Nature reserves, national parks, etc, are typically the land left over when the arable land is taken up. They are typically too steep, too rocky, too swampy, too inaccessible, etc, for agriculture.

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Originally Posted by rammypluge

Nature reserves, national parks, etc, are typically the land left over when the arable land is taken up. They are typically too steep, too rocky, too swampy, too inaccessible, etc, for agriculture.

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Only partly true. Even the earliest settlers realised that you need reserves for water catchment, recreation, hunting, military training, wood for building etc and of course some larger landholders kept undeveloped land in reserve and never ended up needing it.

And those who’ve been here forever before the ‘early settlers’ treated the whole continent as a sacred site, utilising environmentally friendly and sustainable farming practices for eons.

Larger popultions obviously require more more intensive farming, but there is still a lot to learn from those original farming practices which could improve the environment today.

National Parks are a moderate and sometimes marginal solution to the mass degradation of the continent by capitalism. Even citizens of the nation must pay an exhorbitant entry fee online before being allowed to enter a ‘national park’.

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Originally Posted by Zeros

And those who’ve been here forever before the ‘early settlers’ treated the whole continent as a sacred site, utilising environmentally friendly and sustainable farming practices for eons.

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How Aboriginal burning changed Australia's climate

Humans, not climate change, wiped out Australian megafauna

Interesting articles. I guess the megafauna were pretty dangerous for nomadic people and the burning up north stabilised the climate prolonging the dry season.

Well if billions are going to be accepted as the population, maybe some form of genetic manipulation to reduce the size of each individual , say by 10/15 % ?

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Originally Posted by trog

Well if billions are going to be accepted as the population, maybe some form of genetic manipulation to reduce the size of each individual , say by 10/15 % ?

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hmm, i know they sell drugs that make you 10-15% bigger and apparently satisfy any women...

Pygmies!

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Originally Posted by DiscoMick

Pygmies!

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On 457 visas! They could pick strawberries, beans etc, without having OH&S issues with sore backs! :wasntme: