Too many humans on this rock

[Will]

Interesting article in the Guardian here about over-population of the planet.

Scary point raised (amongst several) which is that we have 1 bil. more people on the planet than we did in Oct '99.

 

[sparkchaser]

War or Mother Nature will whittle the population back down to a manageable size.

 

[Peder]

Sci-fi solutions might arrive sooner than previously imagined.

 

[beer good]

Plus, there's still the rapture coming up on October 21st.

 

[sparkchaser]

Sci-fi solutions might arrive sooner than previously imagined.

A comet slamming into the Atlantic destroying the East Coast and Western Europe and Africa? Or Soylent Green?

 

[sparkchaser]

Plus, there's still the rapture coming up on October 21st.

Call me skeptical but I don't think anything is going to happen. Except lots of laughing and finger pointing.