2007-06-29 15:01:34 · 6 answers · asked by gero g 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Earth Sciences & Geology
when there is no more food, the oceans are barren, and people will be walking/crawling over each other,
2007-06-29 15:06:19 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
They already do but that's not going to stop people. Sadly, there is a high religious influence on not using birth control and people think its God's will to have lots of kids. There is poor sex education almost everywhere. In America, birth control is sometimes unaffordable to those at the most risk for unwanted pregnancies. I'm not saying having kids is wrong. Its a great thing if two people want children but in some places in the world its taken to far as a duty and obligation rather than a want.
Also, as medical science continues people will live longer and longer so the death rate will slow and the birth rate will rise.
2007-06-29 22:09:48 · answer #2 · answered by Lady Geologist 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Certainly, we're getting crowded. The problem, however, is in the poor utilization of our resources more than anything else. For instance, go to the mall or to Walmart and notice how many people are grossly overweight. Then, look at the people in the rest of the world. Did you know that the average American eats five times more than the average person in Africa? The French and German peoples only eat twice as much as an African.
People in some of the poorer countries of the world have children as a kind of old age insurance. They figure that if they have six or seven children, at least one or two of them will survive into adulthood and will be able to provide for them later. This is very sad but true.
It is up to the developed countries of the world to teach people in the third world how to farm and provide sufficient food for themselves. It is up to us to teach them birth control methods. We can't, however, force our cultural beliefs on them--that is we can't blackmail them into having fewer children in exchange for food.
If you really think that the problem is just overcrowding, you would probably enjoy reading some of the stuff written by Garrett Hardin who used the term "lifeboat ethics". If you're interested in real solutions to the problem, read Jeffrey Sach's THE END OF POVERTY.
2007-06-29 22:24:52 · answer #3 · answered by KIZIAH 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
They realized this a long time ago...if you want to see what happened, check out this article about "One China".
2007-06-29 23:27:47 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Are you volunteering to euthanize yourself and your family to help out? No? Well then, stop complaining.
2007-06-29 22:22:56 · answer #5 · answered by stork5100 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
when we start making soylent green.
2007-07-02 23:44:20 · answer #6 · answered by atlantismeditation@sbcglobal.net 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋