Something to think about!?!?

Question

In 1900 the world population of humans was about 1.5 billion. Today there are just over 6 billion.

Why is it that we as a species appear to believe that death is not something that should happen? With medical advances people are living longer, but not always with a comfortable quality of life. More people survive natural disasters such as earthquakes, droughts, famines due to global mobilisation of aid resources. In most western countries the more children a person has, the more money the government will give that person; in fact in Australia people are being given cash incentives to have more children.

The rise in our population is exponential. Let’s say for the sake of argument I had four children, and they then all had four children, and their children all had four each. By the time I die I will have been responsible for increasing the population by another sixty four. Now let’s say only 10% of the current world population do the same. That means that 600 million will each produce sixty four off-spring. That means in one generation the world population will increase by 38400 million (38.4 billion). That’s if only 10% of the current population breed that way.

Can we survive this current trend?

What will happen to us? Look at bird flu’. There were too many of the same species kept together in one place, and that allowed viral diseases to spread and mutate until the virus became fatal. Will that happen to us? We’ve already got MRSA and C Diff…they can be fatal.

The Earth is a finite quantity. It will not get bigger and will not produce more fields for us to grow food and will not produce more water for us to drink. Will we drain the Earth of its resources?

Answer 1

China and India are at there peak in population and there land mass is smaller than America.  Combined that's 2.5 to 3 billion people.   America is only 300 million, so we got a lot of room compared to the SE Asia.  No we can't handle 3 billion peoples needs here in America now,  but if we had to we could by the time the population grew to that just for the fact that China and India are doing it as a 3rd world countries.

We certainly would be not be exporting as much food as we do now.

I hope I don't live to see it.

Answer 2

I personally believe that within the time frame, you use, we will see catastrophic declines in the population. Mother earth has began to heal getting rid of the disease called man being the first Oder of business.

Answer 3

i think so..maybe.

Answer 4

No, we can't survive continued population growth. Try to say that we should stop saving lives & see what sort of answers you get, emotion rules over logic in this world.

Answer 5

I don't think we have to worry about over population. If we wanted, we could turn texas into one large city, move all 6 billion people there, and use the rest of the world as farmland. We won't have anything to worry about, unless you are talking about the resource called oil.....

Answer 6

you make a valid point...its like we have all said before  wrap your tool man....

Answer 7

Exactly, have you read anything on global warming, that will freak you out even more.

Answer 8

No, we will not drain the Earth of it's resources.  Look into natural cycles (and remember human beings are natural to Earth, not alien or foreign in any way)