Global overpopulation. Problem ?

Do 당신 think global overpopulation will become a serious problem for both the planet and the organisms living on it in the near future (say 20-40 years time).
If so, how would 당신 solve the overpopulation 'problem' ?
 Global overpopulation. Problem ?
 Ryuuikari posted over a year ago
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whiteflame55 said:
I guess I'll get this out of the way first: anyone who's taken basic ecology knows the concept of carrying capacity. It's a dotted line that crosses a graph of the population size as it changes over time, though that line stays at a consistent height, representing the population that the environment in which a given organism (or set of organisms) resides can reach before exceeding resource limitations. In part, this line is faulty for human society. As we discover 더 많이 resources, find ways to increase our resources, and change the ways we use them, that line can rise 또는 fall, so there are some concerns with setting a line and saying we've exceeded it.

However, no matter how good our technology becomes, in the foreseeable future, we have no ways to create new resources, so that line can only go up so high. We can make our use of resources incredibly efficient and find ways to mass produce many of those resources, but there will always be limitations in that regard. And some of those limitations are coming to 곰 now. The amount of arable land on the planet has decreased sharply. Many ecosystems are being torn apart 의해 our impact on the planet, which has still untold effects on the 사무용 겉옷, 전반적인 ecosystem of the planet. We may not know for certain what our planet's carrying capacity is (though I'm sure someone's done the math), but we do know that it is entirely possible to exceed it.

And we likely have. We've stressed the planet's resources to the breaking point over the millennia as our population has grown, there's no 질문 in my mind about that. We're not just going to feel the effects in 20-40 years, we're feeling them now. Shortages of a number of resources are becoming a big problem in many parts of the world, and while that may have 더 많이 to do with distribution, it's likely to only get worse as time goes on. Fresh water is fast becoming a scarce resource, helium is a big issue, platinum and other rare metals are becoming a cause for concern, and that's all not to mention most foods.

So, how do we solve for it? That's not an easy 질문 to answer. We're nowhere near ready to colonize space, no matter what Newt Gingrich says. There are too many causes for concern and uncertainties. Enacting worldwide controls on the ways resources are used could at least push back the problem another few decades, but I doubt anyone would take to the idea. So I think we need to start implementing some measure of population control, drastic as that seems. I have a few ideas on how that would work, but I'm still struggling over the details.
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I agree with what you're saying here. I'm far from an expert on the matter of subjects like ecology and geography but from what I've read and watched I'm worried that the human race will have depleted the worlds resources before I've even turned 50... and when things get scarce human slowly start reverting to their primal animalistic ways. As for ways on population control my views may be a little too 'extreme' for me to freely put them up yet.
Ryuuikari posted over a year ago
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Heh, honestly, mine might be too extreme as well, though I think extreme measures are warranted.
whiteflame55 posted over a year ago
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