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RE: ||Over-Population||A Dangerous Myth or Benevolent Mass Suicide? Why Population Growth Is Wonderful News! A Short Thought Exercise.
well, I'm not sure that we actuall want to cover the earth with 1 family per 3.5 acres. We need deserts. We need Ice, ect. I appreciate the understanding that our population growth is declining....
however, it is concerning to me the idea of humans occupying all of the land. we need forests too. better to have mega cities and try to leave a few forests in tact (imo)
I'm curious, I have never heard anyone say that before. Why do you say we need deserts? Humans are the ones who created deserts after-all...
Couldn't agree more, and in my proposal of human stewarding the landscape, forests would actually grow in size and quality.
Look at the black earth of the amazon forests, areas of soil enrichment and diversity that was created by the humans stewarding that super-dense diverse forest. Humans can, could, and will again live in forests covering the globe.
As for ice, I wouldn't wish a life there for anyone. Nor is ice-covered land included in my calculations of livable landscapes as deserts are.
It is precisely because of the cities that our forests are disappearing and our world is being polluted and destroyed. When people are taken off of land for their survival that land is abused. More and more land is abused and used to supply these city-dwellers.
However, all is not bad. As over-abundance would be produced in these hectare plots capable of feeding and supplying those would-be-city dwellers with higher quality produce than we create for our cities today.
:)