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marmar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-28-11 06:03 AM Original message |
Population bomb: 9 billion march to WWIII |
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robcon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-28-11 06:47 AM Response to Original message |
1. Ehrlich and Malthus were wrong. Population is not a problem |
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4dsc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-28-11 07:01 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Modern agriculture is not sustainable |
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robcon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-28-11 07:08 AM Response to Reply #2 |
3. Modern agriculture will continue to improve yields. |
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marmar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-28-11 07:17 AM Response to Reply #3 |
4. "more and more middle class people" |
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RKP5637 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-28-11 07:19 AM Response to Reply #4 |
5. +1, n/t |
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SnakeEyes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-28-11 05:03 PM Response to Reply #4 |
15. This is not true |
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marmar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-28-11 05:49 PM Response to Reply #15 |
16. The world doesn't have enough resources to support a "middle class lifestyle" for everyone..... |
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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-28-11 06:42 PM Response to Reply #16 |
17. +1. nt |
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robcon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-28-11 07:10 PM Response to Reply #16 |
20. Bullshit. The world is doing just fine with the growing middle class across the globe. |
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marmar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-28-11 07:42 PM Response to Reply #20 |
22. Much of "the world" lives in poverty.....Much of the "the world" has poor access to potable water. |
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robcon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-29-11 08:46 AM Response to Reply #22 |
30. I get that feeling about you. |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-29-11 10:18 AM Response to Reply #30 |
34. There is going to be less food per person |
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BobbyBoring (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-29-11 09:53 AM Response to Reply #20 |
32. Yes |
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Enthusiast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-28-11 07:40 AM Response to Reply #3 |
6. "Population is not a problem." |
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LiberalLoner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-28-11 09:05 AM Response to Reply #6 |
7. +1 Denial is not a river in Egypt n/t |
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txlibdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-28-11 09:12 AM Response to Reply #6 |
8. Sorry but he's right: population is not the problem |
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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-28-11 06:43 PM Response to Reply #8 |
18. Great post. The average first world citizen uses many times as much resources as the average third |
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txlibdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-29-11 07:01 AM Response to Reply #18 |
28. True. Most of it is wasted |
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Gregorian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-28-11 09:27 PM Response to Reply #8 |
26. We are out of natural equilibrium. |
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txlibdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-29-11 07:19 AM Response to Reply #26 |
29. That has been true since the first village started growing crops, 100,000 years? |
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Gregorian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-29-11 01:56 PM Response to Reply #29 |
39. Que? |
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txlibdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-29-11 06:13 PM Response to Reply #39 |
40. Gregorian wants to know: Where do I buy tickets to your reality |
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robcon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-28-11 07:11 PM Response to Reply #6 |
21. I would call you a Malthusian jerk, but that would be against the rules |
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GillesDeleuze (841 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-28-11 05:01 PM Response to Reply #3 |
14. and debt per farmer with that new technology. |
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GillesDeleuze (841 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-28-11 05:00 PM Response to Reply #1 |
13. no. technology and crop yields have nothing to do with |
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trekbiker (724 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-28-11 06:59 PM Response to Reply #1 |
19. huh?? |
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bertman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-28-11 09:00 PM Response to Reply #19 |
24. trekbiker nailed it. Got to love it when someone praises the Chinese middle class |
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RevStPatrick (564 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-28-11 09:15 AM Response to Original message |
9. Population is not the problem. |
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bhikkhu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-28-11 10:20 AM Response to Reply #9 |
11. That's true, but then you're just talking about hunger |
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xchrom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-28-11 09:48 AM Response to Original message |
10. recommend |
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Blue_Tires (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-28-11 04:20 PM Response to Original message |
12. kick... |
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Zoeisright (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-28-11 08:28 PM Response to Original message |
23. Population certainly is the fucking problem. |
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Gregorian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-28-11 09:19 PM Response to Original message |
25. Please don't talk about population. It's so offensive. |
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anthroman (45 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-28-11 10:26 PM Response to Original message |
27. Yay! Geneticly Modified Food for Everyone! |
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robcon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-29-11 08:52 AM Response to Reply #27 |
31. GM foods are a continuation of changes over the last 6-7 thousand years. |
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GillesDeleuze (841 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-29-11 09:59 AM Response to Reply #31 |
33. no. GM and selective breeding are two different technologies |
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postulater (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-29-11 01:41 PM Response to Reply #33 |
36. agree. |
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bahrbearian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-29-11 10:48 AM Response to Original message |
35. Lets hear it for Solent Green , Yum Yum |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-29-11 01:50 PM Response to Original message |
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pscot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-29-11 01:50 PM Response to Original message |
38. Population will not reach 9 billion |
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txlibdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-29-11 06:42 PM Response to Original message |
41. Farming methods will have to change with the times, far too wasteful today |
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