was there ever any doubt this would happen?
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Watermelon
Unlikely. As prosperity and technological sophistication increase birthrate tends to decrease. Tends quite strongly to decrease, in fact. We've been at effective ZPG here in the U.S. for some time now, apart from imigration, and so has Western Europe.
As China and India move into the modern world, traditional pressure toward large families will lose force. Of course, their per capita carbon load will increase, so the net effect is likely to be negative rather than positive.
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The Almighty
I say we simply shoot the vegatarians. That way we can keep eating meat and the animals get to keep farting.
That's actually and apples and oranges comparison.
the number of cattle alive on the planet today, is far, far, far, greater than would be supported, or produced, in a natural ecosystem. I think there are 100 million cows in the U.S. alone. That's way more than a natural ecosytem would ever produce. Ergo, cow populations that are essentially man-made, and far in excess of what a natural ecosystem would support is essentially a man-made problem.
Dinosaur populations were limited by an natual equilibrium within a natural ecosystem. I seriously doubt there were 100 million T-Rex's roaming north america in the cretaceous.
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