There are 6.6 billion people in the world.

prytocorduroy

macgyver06 wrote:

i know what ya mean though..i live in florida and have been trying to convince people the hurricanes are good because the only trees and wildlife left standing afterwards are the strrong trees and dense forest...its sorta the 8.00 premium car wash kinda thing..

Yes that is exactly the kind of thing I'm talking about. Nature (hurricanes, tornadoes, volcanic erputions, natural forest fires, disease, etc.) balances itself out when necessary, and whatever can overcome it will survive.

western pearl

danny72688 wrote:

Yes that is exactly the kind of thing I'm talking about. Nature (hurricanes, tornadoes, volcanic erputions, natural forest fires, disease, etc.) balances itself out when necessary, and whatever can overcome it will survive.

Although acid rain is really fuckin things up. Other than that, everything that you said is indeed very healthy for the ecosystem.

macgyver06

danny72688 wrote:

Yes that is exactly the kind of thing I'm talking about. Nature (hurricanes, tornadoes, volcanic erputions, natural forest fires, disease, etc.) balances itself out when necessary, and whatever can overcome it will survive.

i think McDonalds should be included in that list than

STOP EATING THAT SHIT PEOPLE!!!

they de-flavor their food so everyone will think its ok..

yuk..obese bastards!

prytocorduroy

western pearl wrote:

Although acid rain is really fuckin things up. Other than that, everything that you said is indeed very healthy for the ecosystem.

Well I think acid rain is because of pollution right? So that would make it an unnatural occurrance and not part of nature's balance.

western pearl

danny72688 wrote:

Well I think acid rain is because of pollution right? So that would make it an unnatural occurrance and not part of nature's balance.

Yeah, that's what i was trying to say. I guess it did sound a bit vague

even flow?

macgyver06 wrote:

are you saying we didnt originate here on earth..

and that mother nature isnt one living thing?

Yes, that is exactly what I am saying.

bee_boy

macgyver06 wrote:

i think McDonalds should be included in that list than

STOP EATING THAT SHIT PEOPLE!!!

they de-flavor their food so everyone will think its ok..

yuk..obese bastards!

I have to agree with this... I would've been more subtle with the overweight remark though.

western pearl

bee_boy wrote:

I have to agree with this... I would've been more subtle with the overweight remark though.

Hard to be subtle w/ such a big epidemic.

OutOfBreath

icarus wrote:

i'd rank this third behind peak oil and climate change

But population increase is also a driving force behind both of those. Increasing population needs increasing amounts of oil, bringing about peak oil in the first place. And the increased population also drives increased industry and increased emissions total. Population out of control and growing outside it's bounds is the biggest problem. Most other social and environmental problems build on that. Over-fishing, over-cutting of wood, general over-usage of most finite resources, pollution, alienation, many social ills as the outside group increases in real numbers if not percentage and so on and on.

And if we're gonna live through the huge mass of population, we're gonna have to change a lot of things. Just what and how drastic remains to be seen.
(edit) Just to toss it up, abortion may be the necessary lesser evil, as we basically need just about anything that lowers the birthrates.

Peace
Dan

western pearl

One thing that is being worked to help w/ water loss is de-salination of ocean water for consumption. This is so expensive though. The only countries that can afford it are the middle eastern countries like the UAE. Good idea but it'll never fly until they make it cheaper.