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Environment & Energy

AncientGeezer

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9. We have 300 million in the US...a billion+ in China...

Reply to The_jackalope (Reply #8)

Tue Nov 26, 2019, 08:24 PM

Nov 2019

We have 8 million in NYC.....you think the planet...which had had 100's of millions of humans WAY before the industrial revolution...can only support 7-10 million nut and grape eaters now(?)...not only do we disagree... I think your premise is delusional....

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The reason the world's situation keeps getting worse is simple [View all] The_jackalope Nov 2019 OP

K&R for visibility. nt tblue37 Nov 2019 #1

Bookmarking cilla4progress Nov 2019 #2

Greedy apes Boomer Nov 2019 #3

For good or bad, we're social animals, no matter how apart we feel friendly_iconoclast Nov 2019 #4

I have no illusions Boomer Nov 2019 #12

"Equilibrium WILL be restored...and it's not going to be a comfortable journey." Amen... friendly_iconoclast Nov 2019 #13

We aren't going to become "fewer and poorer"....that's not going to happen. AncientGeezer Nov 2019 #5

Of course we will fight like hell to keep that from happening The_jackalope Nov 2019 #6

That's you view...I hold another which I suspect is more accurate. AncientGeezer Nov 2019 #7

My actual view is actually far more cataclysmic than that. The_jackalope Nov 2019 #8

We have 300 million in the US...a billion+ in China... AncientGeezer Nov 2019 #9

No, I think the planet can only support 7-10 million in perpetuity The_jackalope Nov 2019 #10

I think you are wrong....by a factor of a billion or more...ride that horse though AncientGeezer Nov 2019 #11

Just for a baseline Finishline42 Nov 2019 #14

By 1750, humanity had already done substantial ecological damage NickB79 Nov 2019 #15

Support for how long? Boomer Nov 2019 #16

We need to be realistic here Calculating Dec 2019 #17