Even if the earth is at 8 billion many societies are no longer having children. Birthrates are collapsing in the western world. Japan and Korea have such low birthrates that in 300 years their culture might vanish. The only reason populations are increasing is because people are living longer. Russian population decreases by up to 200,00…
Even if the earth is at 8 billion many societies are no longer having children. Birthrates are collapsing in the western world. Japan and Korea have such low birthrates that in 300 years their culture might vanish. The only reason populations are increasing is because people are living longer. Russian population decreases by up to 200,000 people per year. USA birthrate is now below replacement birthrates.
Google "Demographic winter." In 50 years or so we are going to see a massive decrease in population. Many will hail this as a victory but without population growth there is no economic growth.
Without population growth who is going to buy those new homes?
Without population growth who is going to buy those new cars?
Without population growth who is going to fill those hospitals?
Without population growth who is going to buy all that cheap junk at Walmart?
A decrease in population means a decrease in economy which means depression.
Either way, humanity is curing its over-population problems by simply choosing to NOT reproduce. I will most likely be dead and gone by then but my children will have to experience this.
For the entire history of humanity, world population has been less than it is now -- for most of that time, far less. Yet it produced classical Greece, the Renaissance, Beethoven, Rembrandt, and the rest of mankind's great cultural heritage. And you think we need ever more people because ...
"Without population growth who is going to buy all that cheap junk at Walmart?" That's a perfect sample of the values of population-growth junkies.
Maybe you wrote this comment as a parody of people who say, "Oh my God, only 8 billion on earth and counting! We're running out of people!" If so, my apologies, but you are ambiguous about whether we should take your words seriously.
Even if the earth is at 8 billion many societies are no longer having children. Birthrates are collapsing in the western world. Japan and Korea have such low birthrates that in 300 years their culture might vanish. The only reason populations are increasing is because people are living longer. Russian population decreases by up to 200,000 people per year. USA birthrate is now below replacement birthrates.
Google "Demographic winter." In 50 years or so we are going to see a massive decrease in population. Many will hail this as a victory but without population growth there is no economic growth.
Without population growth who is going to buy those new homes?
Without population growth who is going to buy those new cars?
Without population growth who is going to fill those hospitals?
Without population growth who is going to buy all that cheap junk at Walmart?
A decrease in population means a decrease in economy which means depression.
Either way, humanity is curing its over-population problems by simply choosing to NOT reproduce. I will most likely be dead and gone by then but my children will have to experience this.
Plenty of people are reproducing. It's western civilization that's in trouble.
Yup, one of the main themes of TLE is that we face a low to none growth economy and do not understand what that means.
Idiotic.
For the entire history of humanity, world population has been less than it is now -- for most of that time, far less. Yet it produced classical Greece, the Renaissance, Beethoven, Rembrandt, and the rest of mankind's great cultural heritage. And you think we need ever more people because ...
"Without population growth who is going to buy all that cheap junk at Walmart?" That's a perfect sample of the values of population-growth junkies.
Maybe you wrote this comment as a parody of people who say, "Oh my God, only 8 billion on earth and counting! We're running out of people!" If so, my apologies, but you are ambiguous about whether we should take your words seriously.
china-india have 3 billion. in the year 1900 how many humans were alive? 1 billion?
I posted an idea that the world may go tri-partite last blog. I would like to amend that to a four part NWO including India.
The solution? A new format for life.