Comment Re:Yeah, but ... (Score 1) 343
Man as a creature is basicly not satisfied with the status quo, under any condition. This is why religions and philosophies the world over have always talked about being satisfied with what one has. If man had changed, then the religions/philosophies would have changed as well.
2). While I agree with the concern over resource consuption, there is a more worrisome concern for all of us, no matter which hemisphere, or continent we live on. There is an increase in global travel, and incidents like the "west nile virus" in New York and New Jersey earlier this month are no longer rare.
The World Health Organization(WHO) is aware of this issue and comments by health officials the world over repeatedly voice concern. The movie "VIRUS" was based on this kind of scenario.
In conclusion, I will be very surprised if the world population reaches 9 billion. What with simply AIDS(and ARC) in Africa, as well as southeast Asia, we have major populations that cannot apply resources to development. They must instead use them to take care for aids victims.
Consider China, and the consequence of their one child per family policy. In the past, as has been said earlier, children were an asset. They were the retirement plan. Now, the pyramid is reversed, and instead of having many grandchildren per retiree, there will be many retirees per working adult. There is no Social Security in China. This is a disaster that is a result of negative population growth rates. It was a required policy, but the consequences have yet to be dealt with. And based on the size of the problem, China will not be able to deal with it alone.
What the world needs is for everyone, worldwide, to employ a vision of themselves and their place in the universe which is world embracing.
If we do not, the future will not be bright, but not because of overpopulation.
