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> Personally, I don't believe there is such thing as overpopulation. Do you not believe the planet has a finite size? Because those two things go together.
by dbcurtis 8y ago
> Personally, I don't believe there is such thing as overpopulation.
Do you not believe the planet has a finite size? Because those two things go together.
- dgudkov 8y agoThat's a good point. Of course there is a physical limit of placing many humans in a limited space (if we assume that there will be no low orbit habitats which may not be the case). However, it would rather be economical reasons to leave overpopulated areas (e.g. move to LEO/Mars/Moon) rather than fertility related. For instance, people may leave New York because it feels too crammed, but nobody in their right mind would say "it would be great if fertility of New Yorkers went down as low as possible". So my point stands -- the problem of overpopulation is not real as long as humans can adapt technologically, environmentally, and socially. The Earth is a limited space only as long as humans don't have the technology to expand habitable space above (and below) the surface. And above the surface only the sky is the limit. Literally :)
- EForEndeavour 8y agoSpace colonization cannot and will never relieve overpopulation, and it's time for that notion to die. The USA alone sees roughly 4 million births per year. That's 11 _thousand_ births per day. It is completely delusional to expect our species to lift enough people out of our gravity well to put a dent in population growth.