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7 Billion; today, 31 October 2011
Topic Started: Oct 30 2011, 10:30 PM (277 Views)
Axtremus
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HOLY CARP!!!
Article:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-15494349

Global population expected to reach 7 billion today on 31 October 2011.
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ivorythumper
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I am so adjective that I verb nouns!
Happy birthday to whoever you are! :party: :party:
The dogma lives loudly within me.
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Aqua Letifer
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ZOOOOOM!
We really need to slow down.
I cite irreconcilable differences.
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ivorythumper
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I am so adjective that I verb nouns!
Aqua Letifer
Oct 30 2011, 11:01 PM
We really need to slow down.
Plenty of room. Life is about life. Nature is self correcting. Party on. :lol2:
The dogma lives loudly within me.
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Aqua Letifer
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ZOOOOOM!
ivorythumper
Oct 30 2011, 11:08 PM
Aqua Letifer
Oct 30 2011, 11:01 PM
We really need to slow down.
Plenty of room. Life is about life. Nature is self correcting. Party on. :lol2:
Sometimes that means getting rid of species that become a liability. :wink:

I dunno. We have only a finite number of resources on this particular sphere; many problems we have today can be attributed, at least in part, to a high population density.
I cite irreconcilable differences.
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AndyD
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By the end of this century there may be 10 billion, India will overtake China and some African countries' population will multiply. Zambia's population is forecast to triple.

Pressure on oil, water and food will grow. Currently a billion people have no clean water, a billion go to bed hungry. We are running out of resources and we are running down biodiversity. If we don't respond now future generations will look on us with less than grateful eyes.

Population 'control' is controversial but it is needed
Every morning the soul is once again as good as new, and again one offers it to one's brothers & sisters in life.

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jon-nyc
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Cheers
God will provide, Andy.
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AndyD
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In that case could you arrange for us to meet up at my local supermarket around 15.00? HE'll know where :silly:

Seems GOD leaves us alone to sort things out; I can't think of any recent examples of HIS direct action in our physical world.

Every morning the soul is once again as good as new, and again one offers it to one's brothers & sisters in life.

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Klaus
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AndyD
Oct 30 2011, 11:34 PM
By the end of this century there may be 10 billion, India will overtake China and some African countries' population will multiply. Zambia's population is forecast to triple.

Pressure on oil, water and food will grow. Currently a billion people have no clean water, a billion go to bed hungry. We are running out of resources and we are running down biodiversity. If we don't respond now future generations will look on us with less than grateful eyes.

Population 'control' is controversial but it is needed
Hey, but all the Malthusian arguments have been "debunked" :silly:
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Kincaid
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Axtremus
Oct 30 2011, 10:30 PM
Global population expected to reach 7 billion today on 31 October 2011.
Scary! Frightening! Oh the horror!
Kincaid - disgusted Republican Partisan since 2006.
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kenny
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I've done my part to improve the quality of your kids' lives by not reproducing.

Thank me with tax deductions.
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Kincaid
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AndyD
Oct 30 2011, 11:34 PM
By the end of this century there may be 10 billion, India will overtake China and some African countries' population will multiply. Zambia's population is forecast to triple.
Oh what peace and universal health care hath wrought!

Actually, I agree that things are going to get much worse before they get better, if they get better. The population seems to self-regulate but is behind the curve. I guess that is why there is a curve.

Population rates do not seem to fall until society is very well off.
Kincaid - disgusted Republican Partisan since 2006.
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Kincaid
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kenny
Oct 31 2011, 08:53 AM
I've done my part to improve the quality of your kids' lives by not reproducing.

Thank me with tax deductions.
No, thanks to you we have to ramp up immigration in order to keep funding our social security! And once the aging white population is in the minority, all them newcomers will just vote to cut our entitlements!

:hair:
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Improviso
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ivorythumper
Oct 30 2011, 11:08 PM
Nature is self correcting. Party on. :lol2:
It will all work out fine on Dec 21st, 2012.

Poof! Problem solved.

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and admiration while breaking down over even the slightest bit of criticism.

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