Mous, its how the agriculture has changed. They are maxing yield's by petro chemicals and gene modifications. But at the same time run off from these chemicals are causing destruction with things such as Red Tide blooms and poisoning the oceans. This chart in the link shows that we are using today half of all habitable land for agriculture. https://ourworldindata.org/global-land-for-agriculture. Another thing with gene modification is lack of diversity leaving crops open to destructive disease and other damage. Crop agriculture land use is not where things have went down but its feel lots. Where ranches used large tracts of land for cows, sheep ect they now use feed lots that cram animals into extremely restrictive paddocks or corrals and kept feeding constantly t make them grow with the help of antibiotics and hormones as fast as possible. Chickens today you buy at the store would not be recognized 50 years ago. They are bread to grow breast meat as fast as possible. The chickens are not even able to walk when grown. The oceans have been over fished so that the stocks are collapsing. Cod a cheap good meat 50 years ago is not expensive compared to what it once was and limits have been put on fishing to try to restore numbers. Most of the fish you eat today is a lie as to wild caught, just as much of the imported honey is not even real honey. The Chinese keep trying to beat testing and coming up with god knows what to make it taste like real honey. Tilapia is raised mostly in Asia and the farms are so disgusting they fish get tumors all over the body. Soon it will be you are eating soylent green.
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Over population
by mickbobcat inso i see some very counter intuitive videos on how there is no over population issue.
that the world will grow to about 11 billion and stop.
well that would be the first time in human history that population just stopped.
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Over population
by mickbobcat inso i see some very counter intuitive videos on how there is no over population issue.
that the world will grow to about 11 billion and stop.
well that would be the first time in human history that population just stopped.
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There is no issue on the planet but over population. We can burn all the fossil fuel we want and build what we want if there were only 3 billion people. But 8 billion and growing is killing the planet. No one wants to talk about it because the only way to stop it going to be very strict crack downs on peoples right to reproduce. Even China had a hard time pushing it with all the power the state has over its people. The religious nuts go so far as to say once an egg is fertilized its a human. This is of course hog wash. As population grows it stresses out nature. We are seeing long line nets strip the oceans of life. That is just a fact. Blue Fin Tuna and some Shark species are in danger. People keep pushing into the wild areas taking more and more land for urban expansion and its giving wild life less and less to survive on. Farming is only kept going to supply the world with food due to petrochemical and corporate farming tactics. We have about 20 to 50 years of the way we are going before its a disaster. When we were at even 2 billion people the difference between rich and poor nations was drastic. The third world at the time lived very sustainable life's. Now people in the most poor countries want and have cell phones Internet, and other things that would have been thought impossible 50 years ago. China was a backward nation now its growing leaps and bounds and its people all want cars and homes and all the trappings of modern life same with India ect.
Global warming I have my doubts about. If it is a thing or as bad as some say I think it has a lot to do with cycles of warming and cooling of the earth by nature and sun cycles. But that said over population is causing issues every where. Extinction, food is limited, even during covid we saw how fast food and supplies can be interrupted. To expand food production we see deforestation in places like South America and others. as we push into arable lands and build more and more homes and other things we are using up our land faster and faster. 90 percent of all water used by humans is used for food production. We have no unlimited water source. Some Aqua-firs are closed and when out they stay empty. Some are not closed but replenish very slow. Making water from sea water is possible but costs a lot of time and money and people are used to water that is cheap. Nestle is buying up water rights everywhere in the third world as they see this as a good investment.
The man who predicted the 08 crash moved to buying high water produced vegetables and fruit stocks. There is a saying that one day will will have to give up our 3000 mile salads. It costs a lot of time water ect to move vegetables from Mexico or over seas or even California to other states in winter.
In the early 18th century most people in temperate climates did not see fruits like bananas or oranges ect. Oil has allowed us to live like kings. Now even poor in first world countries have TV, AC, cars cell phones and all the food they could want. Its just not sustainable.
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Over population
by mickbobcat inso i see some very counter intuitive videos on how there is no over population issue.
that the world will grow to about 11 billion and stop.
well that would be the first time in human history that population just stopped.
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Waton it most certainly will. if not by disease then by starvation or catastrophe.
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I Care a Lot (2020) One of the worst movies I think I've ever seen
by TD inmy wife and i were intrigued by the trailer, which looked like a humorous, over the top, dark comedy.. the story centers around the unscrupulousness of a female attorney named marla grayson (rosamund pike) who makes her living by preying on old people.
grayson has her victims declared mentally incompetent, locks them away in a care facility she has bought off and then liquidates and pockets their assets as their court appointed guardian.. (spoilers ahead).
ms. grayson humorously makes the mistake of singling out a seemingly helpless retiree name jennifer peterson (dianne wiest) as her next target.. grayson however, quickly discovers that peterson has millions of dollars in diamonds in a safe deposit box and far from being helpless is the mother of roman lunyov, (peter dinklage) a russian mafia figure who is not terribly happy with this turn of events.. up to this point, the movie was great.
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It was horrible. This movie had the ability to be good but they really screwed the pooch on this one. The very end of the end was good where she was shot in the heart. But the rest was just horrible.
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Over population
by mickbobcat inso i see some very counter intuitive videos on how there is no over population issue.
that the world will grow to about 11 billion and stop.
well that would be the first time in human history that population just stopped.
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So I see some very counter intuitive videos on how there is no over population issue. That the world will grow to about 11 billion and stop. Well that would be the first time in human history that population just stopped. Second 11 billion is unsustainable. Heck we are using most all the worlds arable land now. We are having fresh water issues and its running out. Closed aquifers are going to dry up at the rates we are using all reserves. I have heard some idiot religions and they are all idiot religions say that the earth can hold infinite humans. That is as stupid a thing as I have heard come from any religion. Over population is due to Oil, the cheap easy energy that does so much work for us, advancements in medicine and technology. We are in uncharted waters here.
The world has more and more people chasing ever fewer and fewer resources.
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Do You Think White People Are Being Discriminated Against?
by minimus insome call it reverse discrimination.
whatever you want to refer to as, in your opinion, are white people being unfairly picked on?
it seems acceptable that if you are white you are viewed with disdain.
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The leftist idiots have been yelling racism for decades. Its all BS. Are there racist people sure, I see lots or racist blacks on the on TV rioting and using any excuse to get something for free. Idiot white people who are stupid call whites racist or culpable for something that happened many years ago by someone else to someone else. I don't owe a god damn thing to any one because of the color of their skin or what someone did to someone 175 years ago. How dumb do you have to be to go along with all this woke crap that makes as much sense as believing that the GB is gods channel on earth.
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William Shatner is 90 years old but doesn't look like it-------Why?
by pistolpete ini can't believe william shatner is 90 years old but doesn't look like other 90 year olds that i've met.
is it genetic?
is it lifestyle.
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mickbobcat
Surgery and hair plugs can go a long way
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Do You Think White People Are Being Discriminated Against?
by minimus insome call it reverse discrimination.
whatever you want to refer to as, in your opinion, are white people being unfairly picked on?
it seems acceptable that if you are white you are viewed with disdain.
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mickbobcat
There is no doubt that Whites are being discriminated against and are being held responsible for other white peoples actions. If some black guy kills and rapes your wife its just this one of and mama sat him backwards on the toilet seat and he has a legitimate right to be angry bla bla bla. But some white guy shoots some black guy even in self defense and its racist. Don't agree with the PC or Woke crap BS you are a racist. I am hoping to see some ass kicked next midterm. We need a NAAWP for whites now. The leftist idiots are all about destroying Americas culture for power. They are stupid and dangerous. I can see a time coming if they don't tone it down where we are in a hot civil war and many bodies will be piled up.
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The Martian (2015) - an excellent movie
by LoveUniHateExams ini first saw the martian (2015) at the end of last year.. it is directed by ridley scott, so the cinematography is gorgeous.
i thought the plot and characters were solid, with good acting from all.
i particularly liked the banter between mark watney and his colleagues.
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mickbobcat
To me it was a bit hard to get past the unbelievable BS. Just poke a hole in your suit to fly in space. bla bla bla
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Clap for the Carers (or Don't it's Forbidden)
by Slidin Fast inso, in the uk, during the early stages of covid there was a groundswell of appreciation for the nhs for their front-line sacrifice.
this was crystallised into a regular clapping/whistling/noise making session every thursday at 8pm.. "harmless" you would have thought, "a gesture of appreciation", "what could possibly be wrong with joining in on that innocent activity?".
well, the co during his recent rounds had a different view.
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mickbobcat
Another sign its a cult. there is never any room for appreciation of anything other then the cult itself. They are a CULT