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it's not overpopulated. this is a myth that has been going on since the 1970s: https://www.vox.com/the-big-idea/2017/12/12/16766872/overpopulation-exaggerated
by kmlx 6y ago
it's not overpopulated.
this is a myth that has been going on since the 1970s:
https://www.vox.com/the-big-idea/2017/12/12/16766872/overpopulation-exaggerated-concern-climate-change-world-population https://www.vox.com/the-big-idea/2017/12/12/16766872/overpop...
- toomuchtodo 6y ago700 million people in the world face food scarcity at any one time. The world is overpopulated and its resources strained by the existing 7.4 billion humans (CO2 budget, natural resources reserves, etc).
- leesalminen 6y agoIt seems like that’s artificially constrained food supply though. There’s plenty of land to grow crops on the planet. It’s not like there’s not enough seeds or dirt to grow food.
- kmlx 6y agothose are two unrelated ideas. again, overpopulation is a myth. a convenient and lazy one. but still a myth. there are too many resources on the web explaining this.
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- jnwatson 6y agoPractically speaking, we make enough food for all the humans on this planet, and we'll likely be able to until at least 10 billion people exist. The reason that folks face food scarcity is a distribution problem, not a production problem. We don't do a good job at making sure people don't go hungry, even in the US.
- toomuchtodo 6y agohttps://www.nationalgeographic.org/photo/biodiv-clearcut/ https://www.nationalgeographic.org/photo/biodiv-clearcut/ https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/sep/06/phosphate-fertiliser-crisis-threatens-world-food-supply https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/sep/06/phosphat... https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/sea-running-out-of-fish-despite-nations-pledges-to-stop https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/sea-runni... https://www.siwi.org/latest/the-worlds-natural-aquifers-at-risk/ https://www.siwi.org/latest/the-worlds-natural-aquifers-at-r... https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/groundwater-depletion-global-food-supply https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/groundwat... https://www.idtechex.com/en/research-article/the-meat-industry-is-unsustainable/20231 https://www.idtechex.com/en/research-article/the-meat-indust... https://www.pnas.org/content/117/36/21994 https://www.pnas.org/content/117/36/21994
- rimiform 6y agoMore people than that are overweight. The total amount of food might be enough, but simply ill-distributed.
- inglor_cz 6y agoHow many people are fat from having a calorie-rich but nutrient-poor diet? We may produce enough calories in sugar, but stuffing the world with cheap junk food is not a solution. Total amount isn't a good metrics; total quality and availability would probably be better.
- tremon 6y agoThe earth is not overpopulated in the same sense that Covid is just a flu: people argue their position with anecdata instead of statistical trends.
- rocgf 6y ago> it's not overpopulated. I'm sorry, but this is just a ridiculous statement to make, except maybe if our opinions on what overpopulation means are vastly different.
- Tepix 6y agoThe author Lyman Stone writes mainly for IFS Institute for Family Studies, which is moderately to strong biased to the right according to https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/institute-for-family-studies/ https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/institute-for-family-studies/ He also writes for The Federalist, another biased publication: https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/the-federalist/ https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/the-federalist/ If you look at the destruction of natural resources world-wide, you don't have to be an expert to see that the current resource usage is unsustainable. At the same time the rich countries are unwilling to give up their status. The trend is going in the wrong direction.
- tryonenow 6y ago>which is moderately to strong biased to the right according to And? Are we really at point where even technical forums like HN are going to discredit people simply for leaning right? Please, keep that partisan ignorance on reddit.
- RankingMember 6y agoThis is a super-anthropocentric perspective. If we could talk to the non-human inhabitants of the planet, they'd have much to say about the encroachment of humanity into every corner of their world and its unremittingly negative impact upon them.