BS: 'Be fruitful,and multiply'

Subject: RE: BS: 'Be fruitful,and multiply'
From: Bill D
Date: 02 Aug 11 - 01:41 PM

Nice line, Chuck... are you gonna help raise vegetables to feed the 'food' for the next 2 billion of us? ☺

Subject: RE: BS: 'Be fruitful,and multiply'
From: Midchuck
Date: 02 Aug 11 - 11:37 AM

Well, for one thing, Earth cannot supply everyone with as much animal substance as we like. Eating animal substance is way more environmentally costly than eating vegetable matter.

Vegetables aren't food. Vegetables are what food eats.

P.

Subject: RE: BS: 'Be fruitful,and multiply'
From: saulgoldie
Date: 02 Aug 11 - 11:21 AM

And with everyone having "space" we could all be neighbors to some mountaintop removal or fracking activity. Oh, joy!

Sorry to say it, but I think that there are numerous "tipping points" that are dimming images in the rearview mirror. Earth will survive. Humans may survive. But their existence in 50 or more years will be unrecognizable to us from 2011.

To all of which I can only say, "Live the moment."

Saul

Subject: RE: BS: 'Be fruitful,and multiply'
From: Mrrzy
Date: 02 Aug 11 - 11:21 AM

And, speaking of fruit...

Subject: RE: BS: 'Be fruitful,and multiply'
From: Mrrzy
Date: 02 Aug 11 - 11:18 AM

Oops, sorry - a little over a fifth of an acre.

Subject: RE: BS: 'Be fruitful,and multiply'
From: Mrrzy
Date: 02 Aug 11 - 11:16 AM

There is still enough room for every individual to have about a quarter acre - but then, who'd grow dinner?

Subject: RE: BS: 'Be fruitful,and multiply'
From: olddude
Date: 02 Aug 11 - 11:05 AM

I thought you were talking about the national debt

Subject: RE: BS: 'Be fruitful,and multiply'
From: saulgoldie
Date: 02 Aug 11 - 11:02 AM

Yes. It's, um, it's...Grandma??

Saul

Subject: RE: BS: 'Be fruitful,and multiply'
From: Bill D
Date: 02 Aug 11 - 10:56 AM

What? You never heard of Soylent Green?

Subject: RE: BS: 'Be fruitful,and multiply'
From: saulgoldie
Date: 02 Aug 11 - 10:53 AM

Well, for one thing, Earth cannot supply everyone with as much animal substance as we like. Eating animal substance is way more environmentally costly than eating vegetable matter. For one thing.

Saul

Subject: BS: 'Be fruitful,and multiply'
From: Bill D
Date: 02 Aug 11 - 10:43 AM

7 billion and counting

"Earth will become home to 7 billion people later this year, and most of the planet's growth will affect the developing countries the most, straining those regions' limited resources, a Harvard University professor said Thursday."

When I was in 6th grade, it was 2½ billion. Since I am now over 70 and in good health, I am now wondering if I will see the really serious symptoms of over population...(even beyond over fishing, water rationing, frantic emigration, and ethnic violence...etc.)

Oh...also, when I was a kid, they showed movies explaining how technology and automation would give us lots of 'free time' and 30 hr. workweeks. They failed to note that meant only for those who still HAD jobs.