EPTWhy is there Overpopulation and Population Growth - Page 8
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ShatterZer0
United States1843 Posts
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Bibdy
United States3481 Posts
On February 10 2011 10:13 DanceSC wrote: um... usually the population increases dramatically because of wars... example: baby boomers. and environment... i guess natural disasters and such, but im pretty sure more people die of old age then a natural disaster. Population increases dramatically because of a dire need for population. War is just one of them. There was a big population spurt right after the Black Death, too. If first world nations notice that their populations are declining too far, for whatever reason, then people will just have more kids. Governments will start ad campaigns and incentives for people having more kids and the problem will essentially fix itself. A slow declining population due to low birth rates is literally the last thing on the list that's going to kill us off. | ||
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Krikkitone
United States1451 Posts
On February 10 2011 09:59 Bibdy wrote: If the population starts declining, people will react and just pump out more kids. I'm not sure how or why people would think that will ever become a problem. The species isn't as functionally retarded as the Dodo to cause its own extinction through a slow bleed like that. We're much better at causing our own extinction through other kinds of slow bleeds (environment, war etc.). Not necessarily, People don't think on the basis of "the species" birth rates don't go down because the population is high, they go down for other reasons. I doubt we as a species would ever go extinct because of people just not having kids, but negative population causes a lot of potential problems (too many old people:young people), that we will probably run into. | ||
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Bibdy
United States3481 Posts
On February 10 2011 10:24 Krikkitone wrote: Not necessarily, People don't think on the basis of "the species" birth rates don't go down because the population is high, they go down for other reasons. I doubt we as a species would ever go extinct because of people just not having kids, but negative population causes a lot of potential problems (too many old people:young people), that we will probably run into. First thing I can think of is Logan's Run. Too many old people is always a problem. They're always a burden (in the economic sense). It just depends on how big of a burden the society is willing to accept. | ||
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tdt
United States3179 Posts
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exeexe
Denmark937 Posts
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LetoAtreides82
United States1188 Posts
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