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the world before and after
Have you ever thought of what the known world would be like today if there was no America no Australia no New Zealand ?
Would there be constant wars over population growth or land grab and will this happen in the future if we humans don't find a way to colonise an other planet. I think the world is not big enough to cope with population growth as it is for another thousand years. |
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If the Americas and Australia hadn't been discovered the current populace of those landmasses simply wouldn't have existed, and the world population would be less than it is.
To imagine a world without New Zealand though is truly unthinkable! God knows where we'd be now.
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To imagine a world without New Zealand though is truly unthinkable!
God knows where we'd be now.As for the general question ..........most of the Earth is uninhabited or very lightly inhabited Vast swathes of central Asia, South America, and Africa are fairly empty With proper organisation of resources and willpower the human population would have plenty of room to expand |
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EVast swathes of central Asia, South America, and Africa are fairly empty
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With proper organisation of resources and willpower the human population would have plenty of room to expand
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They are - of people at least - but maybe not of other stuff. I'm of the opinion that the world is the way it is for a reason, even the high deserts of South America, the rocky interior of Iceland, the tundra of Greenland. There's a global balance. We've messed up enough of the world as it is.
We could. The question is should we? I understand where you are coming from. At the moment we have millions wanting to leave the places you mentioned and if global warming is true then we could be in for mass evacuations from those places. I would also point out that the more land used for housing leaves less land for agriculture therefore less food to feed the masses . It was a friend an agriculture scientist who first brought this subject up after spending some time in Africa advising some countries on new forms of production. He said they would like to do things but they just don't have the money or the equipment to carry it out and even if they did it could take many years to come to fruition. |
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I understand where you are coming from. At the moment we have millions wanting to leave the places you mentioned and if global warming is true then we could be in for mass evacuations from those places. I would also point out that the more land used for housing leaves less land for agriculture therefore less food to feed the masses . It was a friend an agriculture scientist who first brought this subject up after spending some time in Africa advising some countries on new forms of production. He said they would like to do things but they just don't have the money or the equipment to carry it out and even if they did it could take many years to come to fruition. When you mentioned global warming are you referring to a rise in sea levels? If so then I think you have it the wrong way around. If (or when) sea levels rise then several million Londoners will be looking for new places to live, and along with them all the rest of us living in lower lying areas far sooner than anyone living in the Atacama desert in Chile. Your friend was right as far as Africa and agriculture goes. The problem isn't the people though, it's Government corruption. There's enough aid and technical knowledge available to change the agricultural performance across those parts of Africa that aren't already partially or completely self-sufficient. There are other factors as well though; extreme weather for one - both drought and flooding - which are each huge problems in sub-Saharan Africa. Disease is still an issue too. Also population control. There's also the ecological imperative of managing the competition for land between humans and nature. It's all a complex. |
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God knows where we'd be now.