Not really. We won't go extinct. This happens in nature over the course of decades over time. We'll reach such a small population we will have too much food for too little amount of people, and we'll slowly grow again.
so wot's with all the african babies running around my street singing kumbaya
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@immoral Pollution will be part of our downfall. What I'm saying is, we will destroy and overuse the enviroment to the point it can no longer sustain us, our population will fall, and the earth will heal while we go into the second dark age.
no they have more babies because they have a higher mortality rate.
it's the same thing as like when fish spawn they create 100,000's of eggs because only like 1% of them survive to maturity
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I'm not thinking too micro. It totally make sense. Right now we're on the up because it's only the western nations consummming massive amounts of food. But when other nations industrialize and their standards of living rise, like China, India, etc. coupled with less fish in the sea, trees in the forest, and crops, there will be a starving period. It won't happen today, but might in the future.
@immoral, it doesn't matter what measurment i use. Yes, acres were invented by man, but I think you missed the entire point that A certain environment can only sustain a species population to a limit before the population out grows it's environment supply, and starves itself till population levels are back down. It's a cycle, just like all other things in nature.
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if you were anywhere close to right with this theory, starving wouldn't be an issue anywhere in the world because mother earth would balance it out
africans think that having more babies will solve their money problems
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Depressing, I know, but it's actually the best case scenario. We'll learn our lesson, but won't go extinct, and the earth will heal when we are in that "low." period of about couple hundred thousand. It's all part of nature. This is, of course, worst case scenario. We might find a solution to our over population crisis and enviromental problems.
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that's dumb, acres are made by the help of man
earth's resources aren't
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Just kidding we're not suicidal. There's a concept in basic ecological studies known as carry capacity. Carrying capacity is the maximum population an environment can sustain indefinitely depending on the resources available. A good c.c. scenario: let's say there are 2 deer in the forest of 14 acres, and 1 acre can support 1 deer. So that means there are 2 acres being used by the deer population, with 12 more to spare. Because there is plenty of room, the deer population grows. However, at a certain point, the deer population becomes bigger than the amount the forest can sustain (let say it grows to 24 deer) Then, because there is only 14 acres, the deer starve, and the population shrinks again, till it's back at 3 or 2. What's my point? Humans are the deer, and Earth is the forest. We will not destroy earth, we will supersede Earth's carry capacity for humans, then die out due to starvation till our population can be sustain again.
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Global Warming is fake. I caused it by accidents with my farts.
