World Population Clock: 7.96B People (2022)

Re:World Population Clock: 7.96B People (2022) by mytailorisrich on Saturday July 02, 2022 @05:38AM (#31957545)

We consume many resources and we won't consume less of them just because cars become electric. Emissions are just one of many pressures we out on the environment.

I think it's better to ask why should population keep growing? We don't need it and it physically has to stop growing at some point.

It seems much better to focus on growing quality of life and quality of environment rather than growing number of people.

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Re:World Population Clock: 7.96B People (2022) by jimbob45 on Saturday July 02, 2022 @05:46AM (#31957581)

I think it's better to ask why should population keep growing? We don't need it and it physically has to stop growing at some point.

Because you can’t stop people from breeding apart from killing them, at which point you’ve become Hitler. That or tax and social disincentivization at which point you’ve become the Illuminati. That or a procreation suppression field at which point you’re the Combine.

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Re:World Population Clock: 7.96B People (2022) by mytailorisrich on Saturday July 02, 2022 @05:53AM (#31957615)

That's obviously no true since (1) many countries today have birth rates below replacement levels, and (2) contraception exists.

(Godwin point reached very quickly...)

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