Human overpopulation is a myth. We are expected to peak the earths human population in 2050 at around 10 billion people.
Our *current* food production can feed 10 billion people.
Our food production only gains yields and efficiencies over time and is projected to keep increasing.
The issue isnt too many people, the issue is resource distribution. IE capitalism.
It tells you how attached people are to capitalism that they would rather commit genocide than share the food.
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It's a one way view.
Food production is important, but need for water, energy use and other factors are probably more significant. Those overpopulation issues have already begun to scare thoughtful people.
Corporate short-sighted actions are definitely an issue.
Still, it seems naive to think unlimited population expansion is just fine.
The earth is showing how quickly our understanding of it can change.
@Laurelai Issue are both.
People aren't dying because we can't produce enough food, but we actually are taking much more than what the ecosystem can (re)generate.
@Laurelai The current UN demographic view (mid fertility model) is no peak this century. Global population seems to be following a logistic curve and at the moment we're in the middle of the linear, middle part of the curve.
However that simple S-Curve is too simplistic (IMHO). It's a mathematical abstraction, extrapolation model with not enough variables. For instance, you can't predict population without also predicting energy availability and pollution effects.
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