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Earth is not overpopulated. The problem is that certain places have too much population density. If everyone spread out across the world there wouldn't be any o
by _-david-_ 5y ago
Earth is not overpopulated. The problem is that certain places have too much population density. If everyone spread out across the world there wouldn't be any of these issues. For a variety of reason people can't or won't spread out.
- shipman05 5y agoSpreading out would be the worst case scenario for the environment. (And I'm afraid we might see it due to easy remote work) A single apartment building uses far fewer resources per person than the equivalent number of people would if they all had 10 acre lots in the countryside. The habitat destruction alone would be an ecological disaster.
- bittercynic 5y agoIt's not that there isn't space for all the humans, but that we are very industrious and consume an impressive level of resources. I think it is reasonable to be concerned when a significant fraction of the planet's energy budget is diverted by a single species.
- pacifist 5y ago> Earth is not overpopulated Beg to differ. Exhibit A: climate change. Your solution would not ameliorate climate change. In fact it would likely exacerbate it. We need as much of the land as possible to be rewilded(left alone to maximize CO2 absorption and heal the planet). And stop having babies. Do you really want to bring a child into the nightmare we are barreling towards?
- exporectomy 5y agoPlants are carbon neutral, not carbon sinks. They don't put the fossil fuels back into the ground because they decompose before they're buried.
- Ericson2314 5y agoWow, this is so exactly wrong and dangerously so. Any land humans use at above hunter-gatherer impact is highly damaged. The goal is always thus to use as little land as possible.