LadyEllen -> RE: Who Are The 3 Billion Individuals, Who Are To Be Eliminated? (12/21/2009 7:36:54 AM)
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Well, the choices are before us - many billions can either a) never be born at all (though there are serious cultural issues to contraception and the empowerment of women that requires), or b) be born and die slowly from lack of food or water (as happens often now in many places at times), or c) be killed in conflicts chasing control of food or water (as will become more frequent), or d) genocide (d) is out of the question, on our parts at least; we simply do not have the balls even if it could be argued as a good idea. (a) may have some limited effect, but given the barriers to its success it is not reliable enough This leaves us (b) and its consequence over time (c). Now with our technology we ought to be able to support every mouth on the planet and plenty more in addition, but there must come a point with growing population at which we reach the limit of this ability. To succeed this would require right now or in the very near future a substantial reduction in the consumption of food and water for we living western lifestyles such that others around the world might have a better allocation. Therefore such "fairer" allocation will never happen; it would be a commercial, economic, political and logistical nightmare to accomplish and very few amongst us are going to volunteer to give up their current consumption in order to eventually partake of the one bowl of rice a day and one shower a week that would be their fair due such that everyone else might have the same as population grows. Consequently we can expect (c) as the final means by which the solution will arise, alongside major population migrations by various means to areas where resources are more plentiful and consumed according to status rather than need. Our choice then must include a methodology which includes in some aspect (d) since it is our way in which any such migration may be expected. E
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