 CynicalGamer
Male, 40-49, Midwest US
 164 Posts
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Saturday, May 19, 2012 10:08:42 AM
@RytWing - If you think the planet is currently supporting the population you might want to get outside a little more.
When we reach critical mass it isn't like a switch will be flipped and we all die off. It will be a slow process as millions starve, species disappear, the climate changes, etc.
Oh wait, that's going on right now. |
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 photomstr
Male, 50-59, Canada
767 Posts
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Thursday, May 17, 2012 10:04:29 PM
He is dead on. There are too many people (to, too, two)7 billion starving people. Hungry people will kill for food. War, world war, world wide famine. But who has all the babies? Primitive superstitious religions that's who. We must grow up and cast off the primitive shackles or all mankind is doomed . . . |
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 OldOllie
Male, 50-59, Midwest US
8764 Posts
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Thursday, May 17, 2012 9:58:37 PM
Hey, Bill, do you REALLY want to reduce the population? Why don't you start by killing your three kids? Then you can kill yourself.
Before you do, though, could you please, for f***'s sake, fix the bugs in Office 97? |
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 AvatarJohn
Male, 30-39, Southern US
488 Posts
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Thursday, May 17, 2012 4:08:46 PM
Incorrect assumptions:
1) Global CO2 is rising
2) Rising CO2 leads to rising temperatures
3) Rising temperatures are bad
None of the above has been proven. |
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CynicalGamer
Male, 40-49, Midwest US
164 Posts
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Thursday, May 17, 2012 1:27:42 PM
We can't just put this on women. Men need educated as well. |
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imnakdjumpme
Male, 18-29, Western US
595 Posts
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Thursday, May 17, 2012 12:41:47 PM
The population is suppose to peak in the next few decades, (close to 2050 and close to 9 or 10 billion people, i think). The growth comes from underdeveloped countries and the slow down comes from just the opposite. When you give women education and a means to have a carrer and make their own decisions, birth rates decrease. |
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RytWing
Male, 30-39, Western US
183 Posts
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Thursday, May 17, 2012 9:27:50 AM
@cynicalgamer. How much food does this country throw out every day? The problem isn't that there isn't enough it's getting into the right places at the right time. There is plenty to go around there isn't enough money in the right places to get it there.
@honkeylips. Who gets to be on the eugenics committy? I'll tell you, rich old white people. Still a good idea? bye bye brown people.
No man should tell another man he can't reproduce. This from the people that believe in natural selection. Let nature take its course and quit trying to kill each other. |
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CynicalGamer
Male, 40-49, Midwest US
164 Posts
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Wednesday, May 16, 2012 9:05:01 PM
@RytWing - If you think the planet is currently supporting the population you might want to get outside a little more.
When we reach critical mass it isn't like a switch will be flipped and we all die off. It will be a slow process as millions starve, species disappear, the climate changes, etc.
Oh wait, that's going on right now. |
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RytWing
Male, 30-39, Western US
183 Posts
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Wednesday, May 16, 2012 6:21:48 PM
The "experts" say the earth can only support half of it's current population. So what is doing right now? Oh! That's right. It's not supporting it's current population with exponential growth. No. Wait. If it can't support us then how can we be growing so fast? Stupid experts. |
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 Edgarska19
Male, 18-29, Western US
1048 Posts
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Wednesday, May 16, 2012 6:08:03 PM
Makes sense.
6.5 billion is too many people. |
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 taelmx
Female, 18-29, Western US
244 Posts
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Wednesday, May 16, 2012 4:46:42 PM
I think he meant would could bring down the growth through educating the public about stuff like...how not to accidentally reproduce. |
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 honkeylips
Male, 30-39, Midwest US
1392 Posts
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Wednesday, May 16, 2012 3:46:48 PM
I think we should reduce the population by giving vasectomies and hysterectomies to anyone not deemed worthy of breeding. Eugenics is a great idea. |
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 madduck
Female, 40-49, Europe
2871 Posts
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Wednesday, May 16, 2012 12:57:36 PM
Not a new idea at all. If you have high infant mortality people have loads of kids, reduce that so people have less children and those people will be wealthier. Continue that trend and people will die off faster than they are born- even with good healthcare. |
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 wolladude
Male, 30-39, Europe
324 Posts
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Wednesday, May 16, 2012 11:24:44 AM
This is why same sex marriage is good for the planet! |
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 5Cats
Male, 40-49, Canada
16991 Posts
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Wednesday, May 16, 2012 11:18:46 AM
He's nutz. All that money and power has rotted his brainz completely. |
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 Frankii
Female, 18-29, Europe
439 Posts
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Wednesday, May 16, 2012 10:38:22 AM
I thought he meant that we could reduce population growth, not the actual population |
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onoffonoffon
Male, 30-39, Western US
1254 Posts
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Wednesday, May 16, 2012 10:36:50 AM
Does anyone care about nitrogen and nitrogen compounds? |
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 McGovern1981
Male, 30-39, Eastern US
10257 Posts
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Wednesday, May 16, 2012 9:56:52 AM
And Bill Gates gives money to Africa mabey we should air drop them contraceptives along with food. |
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 Kain1
Male, 18-29, Europe
1284 Posts
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Wednesday, May 16, 2012 9:13:44 AM
So that all you confused people can get on the same page.
Here's a world map, overlayed with population growth data.
Source: Wikipedia. |
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 patchgrabber
Male, 30-39, Canada
5290 Posts
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Wednesday, May 16, 2012 8:54:35 AM
@cajun: You get one free internet for the pic of Fillion.
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patchgrabber
Male, 30-39, Canada
5290 Posts
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Wednesday, May 16, 2012 8:52:42 AM
Because in poorer countries like India, the higher the infant mortality rate, the more kids they have to insure that someone will be there to care for them when they get old. The lower the mortyality rate, the fewer kids they have, therefor reducing population growth.
In theory this sounds correct, but you're assuming that these countries will just stop what they've been doing for decades. They won't just stop having as many kids, it's a part of their culture now. They would just have MORE kids because less would die. |
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 Gerry1of1
Male, 50-59, Western US
25694 Posts
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Wednesday, May 16, 2012 8:48:02 AM
"The lower the mortyality rate, the fewer kids they have, therefor reducing population growth."
It didn't work out that way here in USA.
As people got better health care and better food, we had the BABY BOOM. |
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 unmercyfuldu
Male, 18-29, Western US
731 Posts
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Wednesday, May 16, 2012 7:58:14 AM
It is simple and not a new idea at all. Developed countries that have health care and education available are seeing a decrease in reproduction. Uneducated, unhealthy, third world countries have very very high reproductive rates. |
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 leesah
Female, 18-29, Midwest US
1577 Posts
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Wednesday, May 16, 2012 7:47:55 AM
"The lower the mortyality rate, the fewer kids they have, therefor reducing population growth."
Short term. As health and money become stable, people start to focus on building a family. Instead of having five babies and hoping one lives they're having three babies that they know will survive. So that occasional +1 turns into a guaranteed +3. |
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 bucksteeth
Male, 18-29, Canada
133 Posts
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Wednesday, May 16, 2012 7:40:13 AM
@Cajun247
Couldn't have said it better man. |
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