by PolestaR » Mon 22 Jan 2007, 00:07:02
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('threadbear', 'I') hate to say this, but the way it will play out, will be a redistribution of income, coupled with rationing of resources, and either a permit required to have children, or education sufficient to discourage 90% of the population on the planet from having children.
It, unfortunately, will be a very regimented planet, (hopefully more self than govt regulated) or no planet at all. This is going to become increasingly clear in the future and the American frontier mentality that has helped nurture laissez faire capitalism will become very unpopular. People who advocate individual economic freedom will be seen as bumbling retards, who are hogging all the pie. The myth of a growing pie will die.
The amount of energy and cost to "humanely" stop population growth worldwide is not even worth contemplating as a viable option. A virus which kills the 3rd world people (like AIDs or Bird Flu) would allow the 1st worlders to still think it's not their fault that all those people died, and then they can go "phew at least the population problem is solved, lets go to StarBucks". I even think that if a major crisis was happening to 1st worlders due to worldwide population pressures they would support nuking these 3rd world countries.
However unless something is found to replace fossil fuels even 1st worlders will face population pressures as nearly every country is overpopulated thanks to cheap energy. I just hope the status quo remains for as long as possible, burn that black blood (oil), get rid of it.
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