You guys are so misinformed it's not even funny any more...
The fact of the matter is this, the myth of over population originated in England in 1798 and was the brain child of Thomas Malthus, who fancied himself a mathematician. to cut a long story short, he sat down one day and made a few rough calculations. 2+2 really does=5 (and that by 1890 the world would be out of food because of reduced infant mortality due to industrialisation. this scaremongering has been going on ever since. if you go 1 step further, this myth is akin to someone walking down the street everyday screaming the world is about to end...just like the climate change supporters, or should i say, climate change lunatics!?!) for all you who support all this Malthusian ideology....i would replace the word "ideology" with the word B******T. so was born the science of eugenics which was transported to Germany and America.
Over population is a myth, go look up the proper numbers. western civilisation is in decline and if the Chinese don't change their ways will one day be a dead race. @Jim, we currently have enough food production to feed 14+ billion people....have you never asked what is happening to all that food? here's some irony for you Jim, your country alone throws away THOUSANDS of tonnes of bread each and every year. you should really look at your own crap before you try and preach to people in other countries (<not trying to be rude, just truthful. take it as you will but no offence was intended). we also have the tech to claim back allot of land if this would one day be needed, it is not needed. what we have is EXTREMELY POOR land management. as for Africa, when a nation industrialises the population stabilises. this is historical and undeniable fact.
People start breeding like rabbits only when health care, hygiene and living standards are so low that you cannot guarantee the well being and survival of ANY of your children.
Even the UN (a most sickening and disgusting organisation) agrees with all of the above...in fact....most of the info above has come from the UN itself!
The fake liberals and eugenics-obsessed greenies with all their climate change crap-are the ones who are holding back Africa's development. in 09 during the Copenhagen climate summit the 3rd world walked out of the summit (resulting in the summits collapse, climategate 1 and 2.0, as well as the collapse of the CCX- Chicago Climate Exchange) when they were told by the west that Africa would not be allowed to develop due to climate change...if that policy is not a direct result of eugenics and Malthusian ideology, i don't know what is!
I know what it feels like to be Sarah Conner trying to warn the world, only to be looked at as a nut and someone to be locked away Just who the **Filtered** do these **Filtered** think they are telling Africa they will not be allowed to develop!?!
Don't worry about it folks, you can go about your business and just ignore reality.
Ps, the last nail in the over-pop myth, UN numbers and experts agree the population will level out in the next 25 to 30 years and will then drop.
Pss, As for resource sustainability and energy, again that is a myth. tech is being suppressed, and i don't mean some futuristic tech. there is tech that is capable of giving everybody on this planet free electricity for life. instead we are all kept on meters. as for oil, we don't need oil, we can safely and cheaply switch to cleaner and more sustainable sources of energy, you are all asking the wrong question of the wrong people, you should really be asking this of your leaders and if necessary, put pressure on them to do the right thing or remove them from office again and again and again until someone is found who will act in the best interests of the people and the planet, not the corporations who have a strangle hold on our lives through making us dependent on them...i would think that was obvious!
Over population my arse!
According to the U.N. Population Database, the world's population in 2010 will be 6,908,688,000. The landmass of Texas is 268,820 sq mi (7,494,271,488,000 sq ft).
So, divide 7,494,271,488,000 sq ft by 6,908,688,000 people, and you get 1084.76 sq ft/person. That's approximately a 33' x 33' plot of land for every person on the planet, enough space for a town house.
Go to the UN's own database and check the numbers for yourselves...i have!
That's as far as i am willing to go on the subject.
Edit, you people here are FAAAAR more educated, intelligent and articulate than i am, how you can believe all this crap is beyond my ability to understand!