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Originally Posted by Ecky
Sure, but how do you achieve this?
As I understand, most recent models show population stabilizing around 11+/-billion, due to the empowerment of women (relatively speaking) and infiltration of contraception into parts of the world where it isn't available. And, unless there's a major paradigm shift, this is roughly what we're going to need to deal with.
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We have to use 3% more synthetic fertilizer and 2% more pesticides each year to maintain ag production .
We have "practical" extinctions of many primary ocean based food stocks (since we figure we don't need fish hatcheries for the ocean)
So We will run into a wall in the next decade and we are at risk of outputs falling regardless of our tech due to poor soil conditions and our herbicidal failures.
I think we have a choice, we can allow the environment control our population
Or we can actually talk frankly and critically on this subject without the emotional nonsense and make decisions to control our own actions.
Sometimes society needs to do what the individual can't.