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01-29-2019, 11:36 AM | #321 (permalink) | |
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Well the problem doesn't so much seem to be food (we got plenty of that just no one cares about giving it to people without shekels in their wallet,) but pollution. Malthus didn't count on pollution as far as I know so that doesn't count. Kind of an academic disagreement but we're still dealing in potential non-issues that are only issues because of capitalism and shortsightedness, not because of incontrovertible food math.
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01-29-2019, 11:53 AM | #322 (permalink) | |
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01-29-2019, 12:03 PM | #323 (permalink) | |
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I'm no expert but as far as I know Malthus' projections have been incredibly off and food production has increased far more exponentially than he ever predicted through modern agrigultural technology to the point where it has outpaced population growth.
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01-29-2019, 12:19 PM | #325 (permalink) | |
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Like I said no expert and I'm only really casually disputing a guy whose calculations were from 200 years ago. I certainly don't know what's sustainable given the current rate of technological growth vs. population growth.
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01-29-2019, 12:33 PM | #326 (permalink) |
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Resources are limited. Technology can’t change that. Whatever his numbers were the Malthusian principals are indisputable. Currently we’re depleting renewable resources faster than they’re renewing. Fish. Trees. Arable land. Potable water. Rain forests. Aquifers. And the oil that our agricultural machinery will not run on without. And replacing fossil fuels that hold hundreds of millions years worth of solar energy with alternative energy sources is a Pollyanna fairytale. Our DNA demands we Easter Island ourselves. The premise of Malthusian thought is we’re populating ourselves into starvation and we are.
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01-29-2019, 12:36 PM | #327 (permalink) |
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Unless we turn ourselves into robots we’re going to need to consume other living organisms (or at least organic matter) to survive.
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