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Re: Overpopulation and Diminishing Resources [Re: kaiowas]
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hemp could solve world hunger


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Re: Overpopulation and Diminishing Resources [Re: Shroomism]
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yep...unfortunately humans have lost compassion for each other.


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Annnnnnd I had a light saber and my friend was there and I said "you look like an indian" and he said "you look like satan" and he found a stick and a rock and he named the rock ooga booga and he named the stick Stick and we both thought that was pretty funny. We got eaten alive by mosquitos but didn't notice til the next day. I stepped on some glass while wading in the swamp and cut my foot open, didn't bother me til the next day either....yeah it was a good time, ended the night by buying some liquor for minors and drinking nips and going to he diner and eating chicken fingers, and then I went home and went to bed.

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Re: Overpopulation and Diminishing Resources [Re: kaiowas]
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do we have enough food to feed the whole world over?

i'd say almost certainly if we worked together with the european union and maybe some other cool countries. but i'd say that doesn't really matter, the whole world has enough food to feed everyone. its not a matter of enough food, its distibution and wasting energy making foods that aren't as energy/cost efficent.


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Re: Overpopulation and Diminishing Resources [Re: ]
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...men and women having sex for pleasure in this country ...

Just what kind of sicko are you? Reproduction is the only purpose for such a disgusting act!


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The proof is in the pudding.

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Re: Overpopulation and Diminishing Resources [Re: Swami]
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Re: Overpopulation and Diminishing Resources [Re: ]
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Will your fiance be watching?


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The proof is in the pudding.

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Re: Overpopulation and Diminishing Resources [Re: Shroomism]
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hemp could solve world hunger

If universally smoked, could increase the munchies thus decreasing the world's critical supply of Doritos.


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The proof is in the pudding.

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Re: Overpopulation and Diminishing Resources [Re: Swami]
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Re: Overpopulation and Diminishing Resources [Re: Shroomism]
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one acre of hemp equals 4 acres of trees..


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"Make the most of the hemp seed, Sow it everywhere" -George Washington

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Re: Overpopulation and Diminishing Resources [Re: truekimbo2]
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truekimbo2 said:
do we have enough food to feed the whole world over?

i'd say almost certainly if we worked together with the european union and maybe some other cool countries.  but i'd say that doesn't really matter, the whole world has enough food to feed everyone. its not a matter of enough food, its distibution and wasting energy making foods that aren't as energy/cost efficent.




Yes, we definitely have enough food to feed the whole world, and the reason we don't is first of all because this thing we named Economy doesn't let us do so: you can imagine that giving millions of tons of food out for free could easily lead to some kind of economic crisis...who would pay all the people that worked their asses off to cultivate all of it?? haha, politicians, government, taxes you say? come on we're a bunch of greedy bastards. :sad:


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Re: Overpopulation and Diminishing Resources [Re: Swami]
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in response to the original post:

population growth is already slowing as countries go through demographic transition. the UN predicts the world pop will stabilize around 2100 at about 11-12 billion. population growth is certainly not a problem in industrialized countries such as the U.S. where the growth is negligible.

the problem is not overpopulation, it is distribution of resources and a plethora of other problems for developing countries that organization like the IMF and World Bank are trying to help.

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Re: Overpopulation and Diminishing Resources [Re: truekimbo2]
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truekimbo2 said:
do we have enough food to feed the whole world over?

i'd say almost certainly if we worked together with the european union and maybe some other cool countries.  but i'd say that doesn't really matter, the whole world has enough food to feed everyone. its not a matter of enough food, its distibution and wasting energy making foods that aren't as energy/cost efficent.




Yes, we definitely have enough food to feed the whole world, and the reason we don't is first of all because this thing we named Economy doesn't let us do so: you can imagine that giving millions of tons of food out for free could easily lead to some kind of economic crisis...who would pay all the people that worked their asses off to cultivate all of it?? haha, politicians, government, taxes you say? come on we're a bunch of greedy bastards. :sad:

This thread could be placed more in the category of politics and law, cuz hunger  is a political problem. But at the same time, politics do put some kind of barrier to worldwide spiritual evolution, IMO


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Re: Overpopulation and Diminishing Resources [Re: Swami]
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Swami said:
hemp could solve world hunger

If universally smoked, could increase the munchies thus decreasing the world's critical supply of Doritos.




hahahaha

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Re: Overpopulation and Diminishing Resources [Re: tekramrepus]
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Glad to see that not all of my carefully-crafted witticisms go to waste.  :cool:


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Re: Overpopulation and Diminishing Resources [Re: Swami]
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heh.. that was a good one :cool:

but see Swamster the governments have already thought about this a long time ago.
Overpopulation.. there's two ways to control it.
Decrease the frequency or birth or increase the frequency of death.
So you are left with either birth control, or viruses and war. Or hopefully a combination of all of them. So let's just make a few viruses have a few nuclear wars and problem solved right?


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Re: Overpopulation and Diminishing Resources [Re: Shroomism]
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They haven't done that at all though.. what are you saying? That they are going to in the future?

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Re: Overpopulation and Diminishing Resources [Re: Mixomatosis]
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I'm not saying anything.. just that population control has been a concern for some time now, and even with that the population has still exploded.


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Re: Overpopulation and Diminishing Resources [Re: Swami]
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I think....I KNOW THE SOLUTION!!! :laugh: :laugh: :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup: Let's all fund U.S. war against terrorism!!! :crazy2: :crazy2: :crazy2: :thumbup:


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Re: Overpopulation and Diminishing Resources [Re: Swami]
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Swami writes:

Deforestation worldwide.

There are areas in which the amount of forest coverage is shrinking. There are other areas in which it is expanding.

Topsoil depletion.

Nutrients bound in topsoil get depleted as plants grow, true. Those nutrients can be replenished. The topsoil itself remains -- it is merely a question of replacing the nutrients it once held. This is the purpose of fertilizer (either organic or non-organic).

Increasing air and water pollution.

There are areas of the world in which air and water pollution are increasing. There are other areas in which it is decreasing. In either case, there is no depletion of the amount of air or water available.

Overfishing of the oceans.

While there is no doubt that certain species of fish are less abundant than they once were, from the point of view of resources I presume your beef is that less fish equates to less food for humans. Switching from fish as food to fowl as food (or going vegetarian) solves that problem.

My point is that the only resources that are gone forever are those fossil fuels we burn. Trees regrow. Fish populations recover. Soil can be enriched. Metals and other materials are recyclable.

From a spiritual and philosophical point of view, I can agree there are advantages to having fewer humans around rather than more -- less despair, less deluded individuals, less violence, etc. I just reject the premise that resources necessary to maintain human existence vanish -- they don't.

pinky


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Re: Overpopulation and Diminishing Resources [Re: Phred]
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My point is that the only resources that are gone forever are those fossil fuels we burn. Trees regrow.

The rain forest is in such a delicate balance, that it would take thousands of years, if ever, to recover.


from web page

Current annual topsoil loss on agricultural land in the U.S.: over 5 billion tons

Current annual topsoil loss on agricultural worldwide: 26 billion tons

Time required for nature to form one inch of topsoil: 200 to 1000 years

Historic cause of demise of many great civilizations: Topsoil depletion


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