*SERIOUS THREAD* How many people do YOU think our planet can sustain?

[Jon Lai]

Personally I think 6 billion is too much. We're using too much resources and not leaving enough for other animals and our future ancestors.

Serious thread.

Discuss.

[laptop-tech]

37.853.744.129 people in total.

[cheapmeister]

I say a lot but the problem is that most of the people are all on one side of the planet and the weight is not balanced on the other side of the earth. This causes the earth to wobble when spinning and it is throwing off the weather patterns.

[llbeanburrito]

Anyone more than me is too much. Could you hurry up and leave please.

[AzN_RiverdaleCI]

over 9000

GTFO, my OT.

Anyways seriously now, I don't know I need to look at more facts and figures before I can make an educated guess.

[bokep]

10+ bil easy

with more effective recycling, smarter farming, better resource management

[Peckerwood]

10+ bil easy

with more effective recycling, smarter farming, better resource management

+1 the correct answer

[user01]

All I know is, if we eat more than what we produce then we cannot continue to live on but to kill each other for food...

[Peckerwood]

All I know is, if we eat more than what we produce then we cannot continue to live on but to kill each other for food...

[Siefer999]

[Strategy]

So much for a 'serious' thread.


Anyways, I'd say over 10 billion, even though at this current rate it doesn't seem like it. We just have to stop destroying the environment and our limited resources first

[Logos88]

Thomas Malthus was very pessimistic about this very issue. Look up "Malthusian crisis". However this "crisis" did not happen, thanks to the advancement in agriculture that exponentially increased the planet's population sustainability.

As long as science is allowed to flourish I expect the sustainability will only go up.

[surge]

Hold on, let me do some calculations on the back of my Natural Resource Management degree. Damn I messed up, oh well I still have my Human population and geology degree.

Ok, according to my calculations, it's 6.5 bill/0................................

Nice thread, op.

Also

[cheapmeister]

Why the hell do we need 10+ billion anyway? Ever heard of using birth control?

[Jon Lai]

Why the hell do we need 10+ billion anyway? Ever heard of using birth control?

We don't, that's my point of this thread.

I personally voted for 3 billion. Right now we have WAY TOO MANY PEOPLE, and the planet is barely sustainable. And by sustainable, I mean every single person can sustain themselves as well as plants and animals being able to sustain themselves as well as the ecosystems.

Too much poverty in the world right now, and we can do without panhandlers in this world. Cut half the people, move everyone closer to the poverty line (yes I realized that works both ways) and be done with it. Everyone, I guarantee, will live a happier life that way.