Comments on: Human Population Update: What is Our Ecological Footprint on this Planet?

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[…] carrying capacity for our species? Some time ago I worked out the numbers and you can read what I wrote ten years ago on this subject. But here is a quick […]

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By: lenrosen4

Tue, 12 May 2015 13:20:00 +0000

Hi FreedomDanK,

The others I described in my article are the non-political actors and leaders of this planet, alternatives to those who blindly take us closer to the cliff edge of overpopulation and global warming. Short of drastic remedies how do we deal with our population bomb? One can think of all kinds of dark scenarios, dictated policies that lower birthrates, forced sterilization, etc., anathema to most of us living in democratic societies. And as for the rest of the biology on our planet, we have taken from them any say in their future other than the right to survive us after we go extinct.

For me a new generation of humans needs to lead in altering the future. They need to throw the bums out who cannot come up with policies and strategies to mitigate behaviors so that we who have set the planet on an unbalanced new course, can restore it to sustainability.

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By: FreedomDanK

Tue, 12 May 2015 03:43:00 +0000

Hal Millegan said: ” The example you used was good. The outcome of 66 billion was possible if we had the water to grow the rice,…but we don’t. ” The example was NOT good !! Would you really want to live like ants in an ant hill. with no room for walking through forest , or swim in an unpolluted lake ?? Only an idiot would like to live under that kind of overcrowded , polluted and sick society . FreedomDanK

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By: FreedomDanK

Tue, 12 May 2015 03:36:00 +0000

From the article : “….. we need to find others to provide us with guidance to achieve our common planetary goal. ” Why “others” ? Are we so stupid to realize that human numbers have to STOP growing, especially in Africa, and other poor countries – for THEIR SAKE,,and for the sake of saving the biosphere from suffocating in pollution ! Also, WHY we are not talking about OTHER forms of life without which our life would be completely intolerable and horrible . Over-consumption and Overpopulation are the TWO monsters eating up the Earth’s biosphere. So, we have to STOP both of them. Dan Kustudich

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By: lenrosen4

Fri, 29 Jun 2012 18:41:29 +0000

In reply to Hal Millegan.

Hi Hal, Freshwater and climate are the two most significant inhibitors to a scenario or outcome similar to the theoretical one I described. But interestingly I came across an announcement about new hybrid rice developed in China that increases yield rates by a factor of between 4 and 6. I’ve written about this in the weekly headlines posted today.

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By: Hal Millegan

Fri, 29 Jun 2012 15:35:09 +0000

Thanks Len.

I appreciate what you have done. Your Blog has reached many people, this is how we can get more people to understand. I think that understanding the concept of limitations is something that the people of the Earth, when fully comprehended, will insist that things change.

The example you used was good. The outcome of 66 billion was possible if we had the water to grow the rice,…but we don’t. I believe that water is the limiting factor. If you look at water per person to survive and account for the water to grow plants to sustain the environment (e.g. process CO2 to O2, process waste back to productive food and water, and for the birds, fish, and other fauna as well as the flora that provides drugs, and other useful products), and that for agriculture, we are way short of the 66 billion.

Most people don’t think of all these ecosystem services. In fact there are movements to establish a replacement for the failing political economic system with one that is based on these ecosystem services that has more relevance to our well being and sustainasbility.

Thanks for your blog, and I am glad that I have been an influnce.

Sincerely,

Hal

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