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by phkahler
4291 days ago
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I would argue that war can be a result of overpopulation. Famine is also - it occurs in the places least able to deal with ebola. "Global warming" - we could reduce emissions by reducing population without changing the per capita energy consumption. Unemployment - not enough jobs is the same thing as too many people. Strife in the middle east? Too many people in that area of the world with not enough resource (or governments that squander what they have). I'm not saying all of these are correct in an absolute sense, just that population certainly plays a role. |
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The areas currently buckling under Ebola have not been the regions of Africa most affected by famine in the last few decades, most of which are in the Sahel and Horn of Africa. And which were caused by political problems. Other than that, I'm not sure what this means.
>"Global warming" - we could reduce emissions by reducing population without changing the per capita energy consumption.
This would be true if you reduced population in the West and in Asia but the energy and food consumption of Africa is absolutely minuscule compared to the rest of the world.
See the references in my other post:
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8320473
>Strife in the middle east?
Israel has a relatively low birth rate.