Australian Politics Forum - 600 million Elephants in the room

FriYAY Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 7395	600 million Elephants in the room Feb 18^th, 2013 at 10:15am 600 million. That's the estimate of jobs that will need to be created in the developing world by 2020 to keep up with population growth. 200 milion unemployed now. Have no links, figures from Time mag.. Scary future...
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Reply #1 - Feb 18^th, 2013 at 10:27am

Might be easier to limit population growth.

It seems to be cultural, and as you improve your standard or living, your birth rate drops.

Trouble is, can the world support a few more billion middle class people consuming resources.

Is 200 million new unemployed beggers better for the world than 1 billion upgrading from poverty to middle class.

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Reply #2 - Feb 18^th, 2013 at 10:35am

Resident of Beijing horrified by the acrid brown soup that enveloped the city on Jan 12.

Millions stayed indoors.

Pressure on foreign aid and refugees will become huge. Already over 50 million displaced people in the world now.

Local environment degridation is a geater concern that climate change IMO.

Too many people.

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Doctor Jolly Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 3808	Re: 600 million Elephants in the room Reply #3 - Feb 18^th, 2013 at 10:45am FriYAY wrote on Feb 18^th, 2013 at 10:35am: Too many people. Theres the problem statement. Now whats the solution ?
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FriYAY Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 7395	Re: 600 million Elephants in the room Reply #4 - Feb 18^th, 2013 at 11:17am Doctor Jolly wrote on Feb 18^th, 2013 at 10:45am: FriYAY wrote on Feb 18^th, 2013 at 10:35am: Too many people. Theres the problem statement. Now whats the solution ? Mass poverty, disease and starvation probably.
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Reply #5 - Feb 18^th, 2013 at 2:32pm

Doctor Jolly wrote on Feb 18^th, 2013 at 10:45am:

FriYAY wrote on Feb 18^th, 2013 at 10:35am:

Too many people.

Theres the problem statement. Now whats the solution ?

Good question. There was a bit on TV the other day about a doctor who passed away recently, she was a pioneer in contraception or family planning. Anyway, she had 8 kids, over 30 grandkids and over 30 great-grandkids.

Glad she knew what she was doing...

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freediver Gold Member Offline www.ozpolitic.com Posts: 49241 At my desk.	Re: 600 million Elephants in the room Reply #6 - Feb 18^th, 2013 at 9:25pm Why is this scary?
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Bobby. Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 106080 Melbourne Gender:	Re: 600 million Elephants in the room Reply #7 - Feb 18^th, 2013 at 10:09pm We're talking about humans in plague proportions.
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Sir Spot of Borg Gold Member Offline WE ARE BORG Posts: 26512 Australia	Re: 600 million Elephants in the room Reply #8 - Feb 19^th, 2013 at 5:37am Remember these experiments? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Behavioral_sink SOB
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... Gold Member Offline Posts: 23673 WA Gender:	Re: 600 million Elephants in the room Reply #9 - Feb 19^th, 2013 at 9:52am FriYAY wrote on Feb 18^th, 2013 at 11:17am: Doctor Jolly wrote on Feb 18^th, 2013 at 10:45am: FriYAY wrote on Feb 18^th, 2013 at 10:35am: Too many people. Theres the problem statement. Now whats the solution ? Mass poverty, disease and starvation probably. and war. Don't forget war.
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Innocent bystander Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 4220 Gender:	Re: 600 million Elephants in the room Reply #10 - Feb 19^th, 2013 at 4:09pm Can we genetically modify mixy to work on humans?
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Reply #11 - Feb 19^th, 2013 at 6:04pm

These countries with overpopulation need to own the problem themselves. By that I mean, they must take responsibility for their breeding. Don't breed it, if you can't feed it.

The population levels in these types of countries only ever stabilises after the women become educated. Then a middle class emerges and smaller families are produced. But, guess who has to foot the bill to educate these billions? We in West, that's who.

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Reply #12 - Feb 19^th, 2013 at 6:22pm

This morning, I talked to a guy from Laos. He said it’s the poorest country in the world.$600 average yearly income. No coast for ports, terrible roads, but people own land.

He said no one is starving, they just go into the jungle and pull out bamboo shoots and fish in the Mekhong. It’s true. All over Laos, you see people pulling things out of the jungle and the Mekhong.

It’s the most sustainable, easy-going country I’ve ever been to. Jobs? Forget about it.

They have the jungle and the river. The future, friends, is what we have at hand.

No one should expect the global economy to save them, particularly Australians, who have one of the highest per-capita incomes in the world.

Imagine being happy with what you have. For most people I know, this is unthinkable. They continually want more.

Maybe Laos would take me as a refugee. I wonder what the queue’s like.

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it_is_the_light Gold Member Offline Christ Light Posts: 41434 The Pyramid of LIGHT Gender:	Re: 600 million Elephants in the room Reply #13 - Feb 19^th, 2013 at 6:28pm Imagine being happy with what you have. _________ you do not have to go anywhere.. it is within namaste - : )
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Re: 600 million Elephants in the room
Reply #14 - Feb 19^th, 2013 at 6:31pm

the real big elephant in the room is

that ...all,

are becoming more conscious

why is this?

for this expanded consciousness has been set forth

by a finger of the creator and it is so..

everyone is feeling this to some extent yes

enjoy in this now moment

some may be fearful yet there is only one place

we are going and its a DNA >>>shift<<<

planetary shift ( planet to divide like a cell )

and so on and so forth yes

do carry on regardless

be at peace

namaste

- : )

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ॐ May Much LOVE and CHRISTS LIGHT be upon and within us all.... namasté ▲ - : ) ╰დ╮ॐ╭დ╯

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