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A HERETIC I AM

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23. Yup.

Wed Sep 28, 2022, 07:28 PM

Sep 2022

I've said this before on DU, and I did the math to prove it (though I don't have the exact figures at hand) that the entire 8 billion population of the planet could comfortably fit inside the land area of Texas and Oklahoma, and every single man, Woman and Child would have something on the order of 1500 square feet of living space, leaving the entirety of the rest of the planet to grow food and have as nature preserves.

What this shows is that overcrowding isn't the main issue, it is, as you aptly point out, inefficient and wasteful distribution of resources.

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This is why the Earth is screwed. And no, your Tesla and digital thermostat don't help. [View all] WarGamer Sep 2022 OP

It's all good, the coming nuclear war will take care of it Calculating Sep 2022 #1

My God... 4 BILLION new people in less than a half century WarGamer Sep 2022 #3

K&R UTUSN Sep 2022 #2

Sure they do. Leading from far behind, but better than nothing. Hortensis Sep 2022 #4

Hmmmm WarGamer Sep 2022 #6

:) Mistaken premise, surely? The earth isn't sinking to its death. Hortensis Sep 2022 #26

yeah... the "haves" will be tremendously advantaged in the future climate situation. WarGamer Sep 2022 #27

Of course, advantaged as we in N. America all are, some will be carried Hortensis Sep 2022 #30

and this WarGamer Sep 2022 #5

Malthus Zeitghost Sep 2022 #7

He may end up being essentially right? WarGamer Sep 2022 #9

40% of the food that is currently produced is wasted. meadowlander Sep 2022 #12

Yup. A HERETIC I AM Sep 2022 #23

"Stand on Zanzibar" Liberal In Texas Sep 2022 #34

+1 leftstreet Sep 2022 #33

Maybe Zeitghost Sep 2022 #14

Overpopulation is the tinder. Capitalism is the match. meadowlander Sep 2022 #8

actually it IS 3 billion people in China, India, Pakistan and Africa WarGamer Sep 2022 #10

The alternative Zeitghost Sep 2022 #16

There are biophysical limits that the economy exists within. meadowlander Sep 2022 #19

So your answer Zeitghost Sep 2022 #28

No, my answer is to educate people to act ethically and make it easy for them to do so. meadowlander Sep 2022 #32

People will not voluntarily Zeitghost Sep 2022 #35

Tens of millions of people are already doing this but I guess we'll have to agree to disagree. meadowlander Sep 2022 #36

You may be confusing capitalism with democracy. Hermit-The-Prog Sep 2022 #21

Infinite growth on a planet of finite resources NickB79 Sep 2022 #31

But, but we all got shiny new toys to brag about and.... KY_EnviroGuy Sep 2022 #11

there will be no clean secluded communities left... WarGamer Sep 2022 #13

OMG, the closing bell statement made me LOL. -nt CrispyQ Sep 2022 #17

This is literally the justification that Samuel L. Jackson's character used in Kingsman. Initech Sep 2022 #15

lol at Carlin... I'd almost forgotten how funny he was. WarGamer Sep 2022 #18

Overpopulation does not excuse our excess ThoughtCriminal Sep 2022 #20

Yes, but put this in perspective Metaphorical Sep 2022 #22

The average Indian or Pakistani individual has about 1/10th the footprint of an American muriel_volestrangler Sep 2022 #25

What's worrying is the rate of increase... WarGamer Sep 2022 #29

I think in the end it will come down to one issue DFW Sep 2022 #24