Here it is in simple math

[T_Bone]

I'm not worried about overpopulation, the ceiling, which we'll someday hit, will solve it eventually. Plus, no matter how populated the planet gets, it can be corrected quickly.

In the meantime I think the things and ideas people leave behind before we hit that ceiling are worth it, both for us here and now and to the people who will be here when we hit that ceiling.

For those who are going to breed for a while yet, do a google search for "free land" and check out all the little small towns in America that will give you free land to build a house on, and free taxes for a while, just so they can work their way UP to zero population growth.

http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2005-02-08-land-cover_x.htm

[T_Bone]

cecilia wrote:
see, the professor was right, people don't understand Exponentials.

Only growth is exponential, not death. Death doesn't care how big your population is, it will completely die in 70+odd years.

Regardless of the population, it can be *0* in 70 years. There's no exponents involved in the death rate.

I don't know why people are so afraid of population growth, when it's probably the only factor that's completely under our control.

[T_Bone]

mdma wrote:

it can be managed down to not only zero population growth literally overninght, but zero *population* in 70odd years.

The final solution?

Damnit, I posted over that whole post, hit edit instead of reply.

[T_Bone]

FluffyMcDeath wrote:

T_Bone wrote:
I'm not worried about overpopulation, the ceiling, which we'll someday hit, will solve it eventually. Plus, no matter how populated the planet gets, it can be corrected quickly.

It's the difference between leaping out of a high flying airplane with a bag of rocks or with a parachute. Either way you're gonna get to the ground.

How is it different? The correction (death) rate is a constant. Unless you're trying to figure out a way to make people die faster, overpopulation will take the same actions and ammount of time to solve, regardless of the population, weather it's 1 or infinity, the cycle stops around 70 years.

Unless you feel people won't listen to a decree limiting reproduction, but in that case, nothing would matter anyway and we're doomed to hit that ceiling regardless what we do and who in this thread gets to be king during that time.

[T_Bone]

Speelgoedmannetje wrote:

T_Bone wrote:
The correction (death) rate is a constant. Unless you're trying to figure out a way to make people die faster,

Abortion, euthenasia, encouragement of non-fertile relationships, etcetera, etcetera

:-P :-P :-P

I take it all back, the left IS doing something for the worlds problems. :-P