Is the world overpopulated?

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buffalo:
Everyone in the world could have a 2200 sq ft home in Texas with a family of four.
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BUT why on earth would they want to ??? Then they would have to root for the Cowboys !!! Ayeeeehh !!
 
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BUT why on earth would they want to ??? Then they would have to root for the Cowboys !!! Ayeeeehh !!
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Yeah, that would be a problem except if we all lived their all the NFL would be in Texas too. The Texan Bills? Oh Boy! :eek:
 
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wcknight:
Or the San Antonio Redskins ?? Ohh Heaven forbid !! Oy Vey
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The thought of the “San Antonio Redskins” makes my head spin!
 
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Flopfoot:
Or come to Australia. 6 people per square kilometre, average. The Australian desert is so empty that some terrorist group once tested (detonated) a nuclear bomb there and no-one ever heard about it until 4 years later.

Come on, who can beat me for low population density? (Hope there isn’t anyone from Antarctica on these forums…)
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Off topic, but how real is/was that terrorist nuke test in Australia?
 
Al Masetti:
Off topic, but how real is/was that terrorist nuke test in Australia?
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I read about it in Bill Bryson’s travel book about Australia. Apparently a newspaper article was run about it in 1998 (4 years after the event). Geologists had recorded a seisemic disturbance much greater than Australia’s greatest ever earthquake and ttruck drivers report feeling the effect. I don’t know how they found out which group did it though - some Japanese terrorist organisation.
 
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Flopfoot:
I read about it in Bill Bryson’s travel book about Australia. Apparently a newspaper article was run about it in 1998 (4 years after the event). Geologists had recorded a seisemic disturbance much greater than Australia’s greatest ever earthquake and ttruck drivers report feeling the effect. I don’t know how they found out which group did it though - some Japanese terrorist organisation.
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There should have been a substantial radiation emission which would have been detected. Even if it was an underground test. There would be a subsidence crater and fissures. Has anyone actually visited the test site and reported back, even after all this time?
 
One should note that Russia and the U.S. have a substantial investment in scientific instrumentation which montors underground tests.
 
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authorkiwi:
So what do you think? Is the world overpopulated? Can humanity survive at the rate we are going? What are the current trends. Please give me your thoughts and also see an article I wrote that my national newspaper published which can be found on www.godfact.com - it is comments on an article written by the founder of the Human Extinction Movement.

God bless

Brendan Roberts
www.godfact.com
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No, it is not.

I suggest the book The Demographic Crash by Michel Schooyans.
 
No, I don’t think the world is overpopulated, nor will it be. Russia is one example of a country with a negative growth rate (-.37%- source- google) … meaning more deaths and not enough births. The worlds growth rate is 1.14% for 2005. That’s not high even for the people screaming “overpopulation! overpopulation!”

I live out in the Mojave Desert… trust me… there is PPPPPPPPLLLLLLLLEEEEEEEEENNNNNNNNTTYYYYYYYYYYY room out here! 😃 We’re 31 miles from the nearest interstate…It boils down to a matter of convienence, lots of people want lots of “stuff” in easy access. I head out to LA to visit my SIL and I can’t wait to get back to “the desert” as I can’t stand the hustle and bustle.

It’s funny how the same people that are screaming about over population and global warming are typically the same ones that reject Creationism, yet embrace evolution… so they can’t see our world as ever evolving? :rotfl:
 
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tamccrackine:
It’s funny how the same people that are screaming about over population and global warming are typically the same ones that reject Creationism, yet embrace evolution… so they can’t see our world as ever evolving? :rotfl:
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:clapping: Great point!!!
 
Interesting article I just came across. With all the depopulation publicity, you’d think people would stop repeating the overpopulation myth:

Article
 
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authorkiwi:
So what do you think? Is the world overpopulated?
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The answer to that question is philosophical. Ask yourself if you like looking at pavement or you like looking at trees.

-Jeff
 
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authorkiwi:
So what do you think? Is the world overpopulated?
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The answer to that question is philosophical. Ask yourself if you like looking at pavement or you like looking at trees.

-Jeff
 
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zootjeff:
The answer to that question is philosophical. Ask yourself if you like looking at pavement or you like looking at trees.

-Jeff
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More babies = more asphalt. Absolutely?
There are more forested acres in the U.S. today than there were a century ago. Were there more people here then?

Peace.
John
 
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zootjeff:
The answer to that question is philosophical. Ask yourself if you like looking at pavement or you like looking at trees.

-Jeff
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Don’t understand the logic… expand please. What does pavement, trees and population have to do with one another?
 
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Brendan:
No, it cannot be over populated.

That would imply that there are people on this planet that God did not wish to create, or that God did not plan for from the beginning of time.

To hold either of those positions would be contrary to Church teaching and to an understanding of a benevolent, omnipotent God.

While God permits sin, the creation of a new person involves the ACTIVE desire of God to create a new soul. God must be an active particpant in the process. A new person is never a case of God just allowing it to happen. He must choose to do so. A benevolent, omnipotent God could never choose to do ill for His people.
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Well there you go. Question answered.
 
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authorkiwi:
Is the world overpopulated?
God bless

Brendan Roberts
www.godfact.com
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No. The entire world population can easily fit in the state of Texas.

Now that Terrell Owens just signed with the Dallas Cowboys maybe no one wants to be around Texas. Therefore let’s do the math on some other states. Just Kidding!

**LEGEND

**1 Acre = 43,560 Square Feet

1 Square Mile = 640 Acres or 27,878,400 Square Feet (640 x 43,560)
World Population = 6,276,000,000 people

State of Texas = 268,601 Square Miles or 171,904,640 Acres (268,601 x 640) or 7,488,166,118,400 Square Feet (268,601 x 640 x 43,560)
Average Size 2-Story Home with 3-4 Bedrooms = 1,500 to 2,400 Square Feet (Thus 750 - 1,200 Square Feet is Needed on the Ground Floor).

This home would fit 5-6 people per house comfortably!

Therefore 150-240 (750 to 1,200/ 5 people per household) Square Feet of Ground Space Per Person is needed to fit 5-6 people comfortably in a 2-story home in the state of Texas.
State of Texas = 7,488,166,118,400 Square Feet/ 6,276,000,000 people in the world = 1,193 Square Feet Per Person is available for the entire world’s population to live in the state of Texas.

As noted above only 150-240 Square Feet of Ground Space is needed per person to fit 5-6 people comfortably in a 2-story home in the state of Texas!!!
You can double check my math!
**OverPopulation Myth?? **

forums.catholic-questions.org/showthread.php?p=711278#post711278
 
Absolutely not is the world overpopulated. Think of all the open land you see when flying in an airplane.
 
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