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DeepModem Mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-24-06 01:11 PM Original message |
Reuters: Humans living far beyond planet's means: World Wildlife Fund |
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Gormy Cuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-24-06 01:20 PM Response to Original message |
1. Some sobering estimates. |
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Vox Acerbus (155 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-24-06 01:27 PM Response to Original message |
2. This is a top reason why I choose not to have children... |
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texastoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-24-06 01:41 PM Response to Reply #2 |
7. A-freaking-men |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-24-06 01:42 PM Response to Reply #2 |
8. Would that I had been aware 8 years ago. |
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Viva_La_Revolution (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-24-06 10:26 PM Response to Reply #8 |
22. and if I'd only known 21 years ago or |
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bluestateguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-24-06 01:43 PM Response to Reply #2 |
10. Perhaps |
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RapidCreek (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-24-06 10:36 PM Response to Reply #10 |
23. Many on the left are reluctant to criticize NON-WESTERN |
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Phrogman (940 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-25-06 07:49 AM Response to Reply #23 |
29. Hold on a second please.... |
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La Lioness Priyanka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-25-06 12:05 PM Response to Reply #29 |
31. agreed...most of the third world lives in poverty which sucks for the |
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RapidCreek (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-25-06 05:03 PM Response to Reply #29 |
34. Yea that's pretty much what I alluded to... |
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Phrogman (940 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-25-06 05:23 PM Response to Reply #34 |
35. Learn to use the spell check feature... |
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RapidCreek (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-25-06 06:02 PM Response to Reply #35 |
37. Gee wiz, that breaks my heart |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 11:16 PM Response to Reply #23 |
52. we let ourselves be outbred by fundy hate-mongers |
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entanglement (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 11:22 AM Response to Reply #10 |
44. OTOH, isn't it the (Western) Catholic Church encouraging people to |
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mom cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-25-06 11:46 AM Response to Reply #2 |
30. I so totally agree with you. I only had one child and she decided at |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 12:37 PM Response to Reply #2 |
46. I feel the same way. Personally, I would have liked to have a child |
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DrunkenMaster (582 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-24-06 01:28 PM Response to Original message |
3. I WANT A BIGGER SUV! |
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bloom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-24-06 01:36 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. I was thinking about that, too. |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-24-06 01:43 PM Response to Reply #3 |
9. And shop at Wal-Mart, even though I know better! |
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bloom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-24-06 01:35 PM Response to Original message |
4. And how many planets if we lived like the people with the mega-yachts? |
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Amonester (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-25-06 01:41 AM Response to Reply #4 |
26. Or an idiot chimp will just push THE button... |
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Boojatta (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-24-06 01:37 PM Response to Original message |
6. The full meaning of "living as those in America"? |
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Psephos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-25-06 01:03 AM Response to Reply #6 |
24. self-delete (double post) |
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ItNerd4life (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-31-06 01:46 PM Response to Reply #6 |
54. Also, don't we produce more food than we consume? |
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sugapablo (483 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-24-06 01:54 PM Response to Original message |
11. So what are you going to do about it? |
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texastoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-24-06 03:13 PM Response to Reply #11 |
12. We'll all get to watch our kids suffer |
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jody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-24-06 05:04 PM Response to Original message |
13. Thomas Malthus said it first in his "An Essay on the Principle of Populatio... |
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Psephos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-25-06 01:16 AM Response to Reply #13 |
25. I completely agree. But there's a downside to population shrinkage... |
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The2ndWheel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-25-06 05:08 AM Response to Reply #25 |
28. This is why everyone can't have everything |
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Psephos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-25-06 03:24 PM Response to Reply #28 |
32. A thoughtful and sensible post. n/t |
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MisterP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-24-06 06:08 PM Response to Original message |
14. kick for everyone who thinks we can't just move on to the next |
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The Stranger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-24-06 06:16 PM Response to Original message |
15. SUPPORT ZERO POPULATION GROWTH. |
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Delphinus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-24-06 08:54 PM Response to Reply #15 |
18. That would be a start, |
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nam78_two (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 01:51 PM Response to Reply #15 |
50. seconded/nt |
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Canuckistanian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-24-06 06:18 PM Response to Original message |
16. The Great War of 2067 |
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Wise Doubter (458 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-24-06 08:25 PM Response to Original message |
17. Same thing happened on Mars. |
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Jcrowley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-24-06 09:35 PM Response to Original message |
19. Use Less Everyone |
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RapidCreek (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-24-06 10:08 PM Response to Original message |
20. No...human beings are overpopulating themselves out of |
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Nihil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-25-06 05:01 AM Response to Reply #20 |
27. Re-read the article: It's not "how long" they live but "how" they live. |
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RapidCreek (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-25-06 04:53 PM Response to Reply #27 |
33. self delete |
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RapidCreek (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-25-06 07:58 PM Response to Reply #27 |
38. It is huh. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 04:30 AM Response to Reply #38 |
41. Deleted sub-thread |
judaspriestess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-24-06 10:22 PM Response to Original message |
21. I think I'm the #1 birth control advocate on here |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-25-06 09:19 PM Response to Reply #21 |
39. Well, why aren't those countries doing anything about it? |
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The2ndWheel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 06:00 AM Response to Reply #39 |
43. China tried |
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stepnw1f (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-25-06 05:56 PM Response to Original message |
36. Unless We HUMAN BEINGS DO Something COLLECTIVELY... |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-25-06 09:19 PM Response to Reply #36 |
40. Everybody dies eventually. |
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The2ndWheel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 05:42 AM Response to Reply #36 |
42. So which is it? |
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moondust (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-27-06 01:28 AM Response to Reply #36 |
53. Don't hold your breath. |
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Megahurtz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 11:40 AM Response to Original message |
45. Definitely in the U.S. |
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kineneb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 12:47 PM Response to Original message |
47. Club of Rome |
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humbled_opinion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 12:54 PM Response to Original message |
48. And people just keep buying SUV's...n/t |
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nam78_two (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 01:51 PM Response to Original message |
49. Why do I see all the good threads so late-oh well k even if not r/nt |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 11:11 PM Response to Original message |
51. "if everyone lived as we live in america" |
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jus_the_facts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-31-06 01:57 PM Response to Reply #51 |
56. My uppity NE La. self uses things until they're unuseable...to a fault some say..... |
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Bushwick Bill (605 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-31-06 01:56 PM Response to Original message |
55. Ya mean, this isn't sustainable? |
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Jcrowley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-31-06 09:31 PM Response to Original message |
57. Kicking |
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