Population Growth

[Cynical]

Scenerio: Fifty years from now, in the year of 2056, our world will be confronted with a massive problem: there are simply too many humans on the planet for life to exist. How do you solve this problem?

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I don't have a possible solution of my own yet, but I'm thinking 2/3 of the planet is covered with water and thus not inhabited by humans, and a large portion of the land on earth is uninhabitable (deserts, mountains, north+south poles).

Any suggestions?

 

[Colin]

Neither do I have a solution, but by that time we will have run out of all resources etc that we will already be screwed anyways

 

[swirly]

ok well in biology our book says that the world population will be about 9,000,000,000....so yeah....we're screwed lol but i mean ne land could form....im sure the daggum scientists will come up with suttin lol....but who knowsssss......

 

[MicrotechXP]

I think that by then Stupid USA will have Mars and the moon ready for people to live on....

 

[pulse__xx]

I think that in 2053 or whatever, God will have came down to earth and brought us to Heaven by then.

 

[Cynical]

I was contemplating a giant raft (like an air craft carrier) that would stay stationary, and move only to avoid bad weather and to catch rain fall if needed... unfortunately the resources to make something like this would be pretty harsh.

 

[Colin]

I was contemplating a giant raft (like an air craft carrier) that would stay stationary, and move only to avoid bad weather and to catch rain fall if needed... unfortunately the resources to make something like this would be pretty harsh.

Thats pretty far fetched, living in a giant floating ship all your life would get so boring, and what about those people who get sea sick

 

[Cynical]

Not just any ship, this thing would be massive: Likely the size of Puerto Rico. That said, people wouldn't feel the waves, thus not feeling sea sick .

Also, anything is possible in the future. Even magic.

 

[Spartan Erik]

haha no magic or religiously motivated things will happen..

we will run low on resources, go to other planets, human population growth solved by china's concept of only having 1 child per family

plus, in the future, we'll have birth control medications that will be 100% effective

 

[Cynical]

plus, in the future, we'll have birth control medications that will be 100% effective

We have those now (well, at least pretty damn close), but many women chose not to use them out of fear of their bodies being damaged, or any other reason. Perhaps some kind of birth control medication for men would be helpful?

 

[Brandon]

http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/weap.html

 

[moose]

http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/weap.html

What exactly is the relationship between that link and this topic?

I would be more worried about global warming. With that involved in all of this, more water = less land above water.

 

[Brandon]

We gas people out, after giving them the chance of flying to the moon.

 

[echo_unlimited]

Anyone heard of space stations?

Massive Space stations which could cover the solar system.

 

[Jake]

how bout growing things to eat, you'd have to take part of the earthg up into your space station with you i'd steal my front yard

 

[Crash2108]

Genocide.

 

[moose]

Genocide.

Yeah, evidentually.

I don't know if it's their job, but the government should controll all the fixations of human beings. As in medicine to cure stuff. Yeah, it's good, but once they get a cure for everything, we'll have no cure for overpopulation.

 

[Cynical]

True, it is a problem that too many people are living too long. True, it would terrific if there was a cure for every disease known to man, but that's not too good for the gene pool.

 

[echo_unlimited]

People eating each other @_@

 

[Cynical]

Exactly. As quoted by Carlos Mencia (comedian): "There's too many stupid people around and not enough people to eat them".