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> Freshwater is perhaps the world’s most essential resource, but climate change is enhancing its scarcity To be fair, so is population growth (responsible).
by chiefalchemist 2y ago
> Freshwater is perhaps the world’s most essential resource, but climate change is enhancing its scarcity
To be fair, so is population growth (responsible).
- surfingdino 2y agoHumans are like any other species, we will continue reproducing till we consume all available resources.
- lukan 2y agoWe did so since ancient times. The difference is, that with technology we constantly push the limits. Having to find a spring vs. digging a well. But digging too many wells means the groundwater level drops. So a need for a new technology like desalination, etc.
- tetris11 2y agoI am so ready for desalination. Let the corps buy the mountain water, I'll continue to drink from the tap, knowing that a regulatory body like Thames water will always look out for me here in Surrey.
- surfingdino 2y agoYup. Corps have their priorities straight. Like using rain water to keep the Panama Canal going.
- HDThoreaun 2y agoMost developed countries now have below replacement level birth rates
- graycat 2y agoDarwin has a solution.
- ndr42 2y agoThere is a correlation with education - longer access to it leads to lower birth rates [1] so in this regard humans are not like any other species. [1] https://bmcpublichealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12889-020-8331-7 https://bmcpublichealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s...
- surfingdino 2y agoUnfortunately most of the world's population do not pursue longer education. We'll have wars over water and arable land in the near future.
- Amezarak 2y agoI think education is really a proxy for something else. It’s common for animals to stop breeding when the social and environmental conditions aren’t their ideal, even if they are healthy.
- surfingdino 2y agoLiving in the city changes the cost of having children. When you live in the countryside children are free labour on a farm; when you move to the city they become a huge cost.
- more_corn 2y agoNot true. Birth rates fall in developed countries like clockwork. Access to opportunities and control over our reproduction slows the growth rate to or below replacement levels. We grow until we develop then we stop.
- surfingdino 2y agoIt's the cost of living, having children, and the inconvenience of having them in the cities that drives the birth rates down. As populations move to the cities they find themselves with a high stack of bills so they stop having children. Money is a resource too.