Thread: SHOULDN'T WE BE SERIOUSLY STOPPING OUR POPULATION GROWTH?

Time for a reality check. The Worlds population is the problem , now and into the future.


World Population Clock: 7.7 Billion People (2018) - Worldometers

Originally Posted by auslizard

I personally am of the belief that population growth will take us to the stars and beyond and that the world is sustainable at this level or more if we got serious as a human race. ( I hope this is not only able to be achieved by mandations etc through the un) Pet licencing I am up for but I think the dangerous thing for licensing what I consider to be a basic right of all mankind ie birthing of a child is that there will be a list of what disqualifies a person. Where will that stop? Religious beliefs, political freedom and freedom in gen are seriously at stake when one starts deciding who may breed and who may not. Limiting immigration would be a bloody good start. ( I randomly found this thread and couldn't help myself sorry my 2 cents) ps. Ohhhh I found the really interesting bits of aulro lol)

I will offer my services to the breeding program, although at my age it may take numerous attempts , and goodness knows how many partners. And, I will leave this crazy place with a smile on my face.

This is the future more or less, science calculated that 2014 was the tipping point unless every nation made a huge effort to reduce emissions, you probably remember in the late 90s the USA and others, Australia included, failed to sign up. China has made an effort, India cant, the 3rd world are esentially oblivious.

There are still people in the developed world that think there isnt a problem! Were not going to live on any other planets, its not going to all get better any time soon.

It's a sobering thought that the loss of life in the 2 world wars combined would make no difference to the fundermental problem going foward.
Someone posted that breeding was a basic human right, theres a problem right there! rights rights wont come into it.

A reduction of some 5 billion humans would see us right, hows that going to happen?

Mother nature will kill off the Billions needed eventually - it will come through starvation I should think.

If America, China and Russia keep going at each other 5 billion + won't be a problem I think.

Originally Posted by laney

If America, China and Russia keep going at each other 5 billion + won't be a problem I think.

True ,humans can wipe ourselves out , but does give us the right to wipe out other species at the same time ?

Originally Posted by martnH

The dry weather has more to do with climate change, green house gas emision , rather than immigrants

We should build more dams, reduce emission, maybe more solar than coal etc.
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Be careful, once all immigrants are stopped, the nazis will be after the oldies, the baby boommers

They will say "This country cannot sustain our population in light of our rainfall , which is our lifeblood , especially in view of current and future weather forecasts"

Cheers

The dry weather is due to the weather. As you can see, it's very dry here:
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I remember when Thompson Dam was built. It was touted as "The dam that drought proofed Melbourne." From 1984, the number of dwellings have almost doubled. Each of those houses have a garden to water, occupants to shower, toilets to flush, etc.
Limit the population and maintain the quality of life.

Originally Posted by trog

True ,humans can wipe ourselves out , but does give us the right to wipe out other species at the same time ?

They can only do that if they went nuclear in a very big way, and the radiation would make huge areas uninhabitable, most of those areas the best bits.

We can no longer kill ourselves of through war, it will have to be viral or bacterial which will become prevalent as society colapses.

Oh, and i wont be here!, and probably neither will most of you. I have 2 great grand children though. I hope this attitude of must breed changes in tneir time