[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > In a message dated 7/23/2006 8:43:02 AM Pacific Daylight Time, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > The problem is that the overpopulation problem isn't in the 1st world > nations (except Japan). Population growth in most 1st world nations is > via immigration, the US being one of the few exceptions with a birth > rate in excess of replacement rate. > > The best way to curb population growth is to raise the standard of > living in 3rd world nations. This will initially cause a population > spike (As kids who would otherwise have died don't) but will lead to a > major drop in birth rates as it has in every industrialized nation. > > -Adam > > ======== > I don't disagree with the second part of your argument. > > But I find the first part totally silly and always have. Just because the > population growth curve may have leveled out does not mean that we aren't > ALREADY > overpopulated. And it doesn't mean that population doesn't continue to grow, > it just means it grows more slowly. You're probably just a lot younger than > me > and have gotten used to overcrowding. > > Marnie aka Doe >
Actually, I just happen to live in a country with more space and 1/10 the population of the US. But even the US isn't overcrowded by any stretch of the imagination. Europe is far more densely populated. You can make a good argument for overpopulation in Europe, but not for the US or (especially) Canada, both of which have very low population density, even if much of the population tends to stuff itself into small areas of high density. -Adam -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
