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Think. Again.

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7. No chickens, no eggs, just idiocy.
Mon May 27, 2024, 06:59 PM
May 2024

It's easily understood by anyone that a limited and well-balanced planetary ecology can only be a healthy environment for a likewise limited population, despite our ability to force more food from it than it supplies within that balance.

Humanity's decision to instead go on an ever-increasing baby making binge was, and is still, a fatal idiocy.

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The massive imbalance of species... Think. Again. May 2024 #1
Chicken? Egg? OKIsItJustMe May 2024 #5
No chickens, no eggs, just idiocy. Think. Again. May 2024 #7
In past ages, people had lots of children, because many of them would not survive to adulthood OKIsItJustMe May 2024 #10
Reducing excessive population levels would reduce energy needs. Think. Again. May 2024 #13
Are you proposing "culling?" Because we cannot wait for the decades it would take. OKIsItJustMe May 2024 #14
Yes, thanks, in any case, in regards to your OP... Think. Again. May 2024 #15
Don't suppose I was supporting the cause of the "pro-natalists." OKIsItJustMe May 2024 #16
And there it is. Brenda May 2024 #21
I don't get it either... Think. Again. May 2024 #22
Yeah, that and I suppose it could be part fundamentalist religious Brenda May 2024 #23
I've always thought... Think. Again. May 2024 #24
That's true. Brenda May 2024 #25
There's also a fear of "them" outnumbering "us" OKIsItJustMe May 2024 #35
See my post #26. -nt CrispyQ May 2024 #27
My point was... OKIsItJustMe May 2024 #31
We need a new economic system. We're consuming our planet for the profit of a few. CrispyQ May 2024 #26
Oh... There's some validity to the whole issue of an inverted pyramid OKIsItJustMe May 2024 #34
Yeah, I understand the money aspect and we def need a new system. Brenda May 2024 #36
I heard a climate scientist being interviewed recently who said that 50% of all non-pave land is devoted to agriculture. Lonestarblue May 2024 #28
Effective Altruism is a Cult Metaphorical May 2024 #2
Too many humans already for this Dear Rock named Earth. It'll still be here, and thrive, once Traurigkeit May 2024 #3
Don't count on it OKIsItJustMe May 2024 #6
The Earth will thrive, whatever that lives or not lives on surface doesn't really matter. Traurigkeit May 2024 #8
What Lovelock meant was that nothing might live OKIsItJustMe May 2024 #11
Limiting yourself to organics ? Traurigkeit May 2024 #17
Actually, Lovelock did not. OKIsItJustMe May 2024 #19
"If we damage the ecosystem thoroughly enough, it may not be able to recover..." CrispyQ May 2024 #29
I highly recommend John Brunner's 1972 novel, The Sheep Look Up OKIsItJustMe May 2024 #32
I know at least one. SarahD May 2024 #4
He had his Father's money, Elon didn't do anything. Traurigkeit May 2024 #9
Nature? Nurture? OKIsItJustMe May 2024 #12
Give the kids PLENTY of $$$ to nurture them well Traurigkeit May 2024 #18
Money is not a requirement, but (like genetics) it can certainly help OKIsItJustMe May 2024 #20
There's Another Way To Solve the Population Bomb Deep State Witch May 2024 #30
That's not the "population bomb" I'm concerned about OKIsItJustMe May 2024 #33
Immigration is key to US Survival Metaphorical May 2024 #37
Instead of billionaires birthing dozens of nepo-babies... Shipwack May 2024 #38
Hear Hear! Deep State Witch May 2024 #39
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