It is of course already evident that the idea of all humans on the planet consuming at "first world" level...

Question

... presents an ecological disaster. Or is it not?

Williams 8_5, thanks for your answer nut waht do you mean " 'allowing' these third world countries to destroy there land for cattle and sheep. ."

You are aware that some people have been nomads and cattle rearers for a very very long time. It is not something that began with colonialism or whatever you mgiht choose to call it. or do you mean that you should go in and suddenly stop them form doing that. And then the question will arise. How are they going to survive in life when other alternatives are as good as "unaccessible".

Correction: In the above additional detail I meant "but" and not "nut".

Answer 1

It is impossible for everyone on the planet to live at first world level. It would require many many earths just to allow the current population to live at first world level. And seeing as how 5 to 15% of the population living at first world level is already destroying the environment, imagine if even just 50% of the world's population were to live at first world level.

Answer 2

Oh I agree with you it is, seeing as I live and work on a ranch one of the greatest problems is all the city people buying up little sections of great farm/ranch land and using it for there little horses when it should be used for grow food. Where as in South America they are sawing down the rain forest so they can use the land for agriculture such as cattle and what not. So even though we as farmers are becoming more efficient in when it comes to growing food we are still losing thousands of acres every year, to suburbs and little ranchets. And allowing these third world countries to destroy there land for cattle and sheep. Plus at the rate the human population is growing where will it all end?............................

Answer 3

Would you say that global warming has to do with the consumption of fossil fuels such as gas driven vehicles ,coal powered power plants,so on and so on? What would you say is released in the atmosphere during the yearly forest fires in the U. S. alone. How about the hundreds of volcanic eruptions that are unreported because they aren't politically "expedient"? I'm just asking."Between May 20 and Aug 27 1883.It was the scene(Krakatoa) of one of the world's most violent volcanic eruptions.Sea waves measured at 115 ft. above sea level were responsible for 36,000 deaths. This mind you was way before"global warming" It should make us question the motives of our so called protectors of the enviroment not to mention their own personal practices. T4

Answer 4

It is, at the current level of waist. We could all live in peace and luxury, if would cut waist down.
1. I drove a clean diesel in 1979, 105 miles to the gallon, today SUV's make barely 14 miles.
2. Most power plants are from the 1930's, very inefficient
3. Housing is build cheap, with little consideration for insulation and efficiency and on and on.
4. We use 500 Billion plastic bags a year, there is no need for a single one.

Answer 5

Much of the Global warming hype is about keeping the Third world DOWN.

It's about keeping India and Brazil down as they struggle with energy needs to grow their economies.

It's about keeping Africa down since they have recently found vast resources of oil in Africa which could turn Africa from the pits to finally being a wonderful paradise.

It's about crippling Third World economies and first world capacity to make the third world rich by the sharing of resources and technology for win win economic advantage theory as given in Adam Smith's Wealth of Nations. The first world will be too busy surviving and worrying about their own crippled economies.

When the first world has to protect their resources, no-one will be there for the Third World. We will all be fighting for a small piece of the pie.

The greatest weapon against Globalization is Global warming. Communist revolution, here we come!

Answer 6

I think we're going to see a new level arise for today's first world countries as the green movement is taking off and we realize that fossil fuels aren't going to last forever. I think that down the road the US, UK, Canada, etc will greatly reduce their consumption and things will remain level.

Answer 7

it would present an ecological disaster. But, thankfully, it's impossible because first world countries don't exist without third world and second world countries making and doing stuff for them. It's just like how everyone can't be rich, it could not work.

Answer 8

It is the way we do things now. Prices of all kinds of things, like oil and steel, are way up because China is getting richer and buying up all they can find. Their goal to to reach the "first world level" as soon as possible. India is not far behind. Those two countries alone are something like a third of the world population. Imagine what it will be like when they consume like the U.S. does.

Answer 9

Dont worry ,the first world will never let it happen

Answer 10

i think it would force the world to reconsider the way we use things, consumerism needs to die a short death and our economies will have to slow down to save ourselves.