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Originally Posted by theknightwhosaysni-NI  Well, I'd say if we shared more the natural resources it could be easily possible. I am not a specialist anyway. I'd say there IS a challenge to face with the population growth, but it is possible to face it with success.
Maybe it is my personnal internal resistance, but I find this statement completely incorrect. Saying this to someone of a poor country who comes from a large family, I guess this person would even find this statement very arrogant.
In the USA and Europe, people use maybe 50 times as much water, food, energie as in poor countries. They are the real cause of pollution, and the model of societies they live in, if it is duplicated in the poor countries in the years to come (as it seems it is going to be), will be the cause of the overpopulation being a problem. I don't think they are really more self evolved than the people in anyother country. |
Night...
I meant it with no disrespect. It is a published statistic. I was using the example only to illustrate that negative growth rates are possible. I had no intention of saying the US is a model society. I am sorry if it came across that way.
I completely 1000 percent agree with you that the US and many other countries use far more then share.
I really think overpopulation is an issue. With 5 billion fewer people, each person can use more resources and everyone can easily have food, water and shelter.
Adrienne
