They have been prolific for about a year, I think, but the peak is coming this year. I think Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia are amongst several countries badly affected.
Fires in Australia, Covid19, locusts: the planet / nature is trying to decrease the population of its greatest parasite: humans.
We may not like to admit it but vaccines, lockdowns, greater life expectancy etc go against nature.
Nature will fight back stronger and stronger until the human population is down to a level that is acceptable to other species and the planet.
Interesting and very Malthusian .. and probably a lot to it. I think not so much nature fighting back as man's abuse of the planet taking its very heavy toll. Vaccines? .. eventually deadly to human viruses and microbes will find a way to become immune, scientists will always be trying to catch up. I was born in 1950 when the world's population was around 1.5-1.8 billion. Seventy years later the population is fast approaching 8 billion. Against nature or will Malthusian theories come to pass. Will resource depletion allow for such a large increase in the human population ?
Fires in Australia, Covid19, locusts: the planet / nature is trying to decrease the population of its greatest parasite: humans.
We may not like to admit it but vaccines, lockdowns, greater life expectancy etc go against nature.
Nature will fight back stronger and stronger until the human population is down to a level that is acceptable to other species and the planet.
Interesting and very Malthusian .. and probably a lot to it. I think not so much nature fighting back as man's abuse of the planet taking its very heavy toll. Vaccines? .. eventually deadly to human viruses and microbes will find a way to become immune, scientists will always be trying to catch up. I was born in 1950 when the world's population was around 1.5-1.8 billion. Seventy years later the population is fast approaching 8 billion. Against nature or will Malthusian theories come to pass. Will resource depletion allow for such a large increase in the human population ?
Fires in Australia, Covid19, locusts: the planet / nature is trying to decrease the population of its greatest parasite: humans.
We may not like to admit it but vaccines, lockdowns, greater life expectancy etc go against nature.
Nature will fight back stronger and stronger until the human population is down to a level that is acceptable to other species and the planet.
Interesting and very Malthusian .. and probably a lot to it. I think not so much nature fighting back as man's abuse of the planet taking its very heavy toll. Vaccines? .. eventually deadly to human viruses and microbes will find a way to become immune, scientists will always be trying to catch up. I was born in 1950 when the world's population was around 1.5-1.8 billion. Seventy years later the population is fast approaching 8 billion. Against nature or will Malthusian theories come to pass. Will resource depletion allow for such a large increase in the human population ?
Plenty of room in Kent.
The population of the world is predicted to rise to around 11 billion because people are living longer.
But then it will (almost!) definitely start to decrease because the number of children being born in the world is already falling. Look it up!
Long term population growth is not an issue any more. The real problem is that an ever greater proportion of the population will be above working age and need support from an ever decreasing proportion of young working people.
Fires in Australia, Covid19, locusts: the planet / nature is trying to decrease the population of its greatest parasite: humans.
We may not like to admit it but vaccines, lockdowns, greater life expectancy etc go against nature.
Nature will fight back stronger and stronger until the human population is down to a level that is acceptable to other species and the planet.
Interesting and very Malthusian .. and probably a lot to it. I think not so much nature fighting back as man's abuse of the planet taking its very heavy toll. Vaccines? .. eventually deadly to human viruses and microbes will find a way to become immune, scientists will always be trying to catch up. I was born in 1950 when the world's population was around 1.5-1.8 billion. Seventy years later the population is fast approaching 8 billion. Against nature or will Malthusian theories come to pass. Will resource depletion allow for such a large increase in the human population ?
Plenty of room in Kent.
The population of the world is predicted to rise to around 11 billion because people are living longer.
But then it will (almost!) definitely start to decrease because the number of children being born in the world is already falling. Look it up!
Long term population growth is not an issue any more. The real problem is that an ever greater proportion of the population will be above working age and need support from an ever decreasing proportion of young working people.
I think the real problem will be with climate change more of the Earth will become inhabitable. The folks that live in those places are already trying to move elsewhere.
on one of his recent railway/travel progs in (I think) Vietnam or Cambodia, Michael Portillo on a visit to a huge open air market bought and ate some crunchy fried insects of a grasshopper /locust type .. this is an interesting little aside .. quote
'According to the Bible, John the Baptist ate locusts. This seems unsettling to many people, to have a key member of the early ministry of Christ living in such a manner. Many in the early church believed that this reference to locusts was actually meant to refer to the seeds of the carob tree, because the word used was similar in the Greek.' .. unquote
I believe that insect and grub eating is quite common in the far and middle east
In an overpopulated world, insects are the only source of protein that can correctly feed the planet without ruining the environment.
No lol: counter-argument please.
Not entirely true, but they definitely will need to form a much larger part of everyone's diet in the next few decades - even in Western society where they currently don't appear on any menus
In an overpopulated world, insects are the only source of protein that can correctly feed the planet without ruining the environment.
No lol: counter-argument please.
Not entirely true, but they definitely will need to form a much larger part of everyone's diet in the next few decades - even in Western society where they currently don't appear on any menus
That's a fair comment. My use of the word 'only' was misplaced.
So much denial of the effects of climate change on CL.
IF there are going to be any long(ish) term 'benefits' from the pandemic, it will come in the form of less commuting (especially by car), less air travel, less world wide trade, more acceptance of and thinking about 'nature' and a greater awareness of living healthier lifestyles and consuming less. All these will have the effect of slowing down global warming. All big IFs, we will see (should 'we' live so long) if there has been any change in good old human nature
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We may not like to admit it but vaccines, lockdowns, greater life expectancy etc go against nature.
Nature will fight back stronger and stronger until the human population is down to a level that is acceptable to other species and the planet.
I was born in 1950 when the world's population was around 1.5-1.8 billion. Seventy years later the population is fast approaching 8 billion. Against nature or will Malthusian theories come to pass. Will resource depletion allow for such a large increase in the human population ?
But then it will (almost!) definitely start to decrease because the number of children being born in the world is already falling. Look it up!
Long term population growth is not an issue any more. The real problem is that an ever greater proportion of the population will be above working age and need support from an ever decreasing proportion of young working people.
I don’t envy our kids/grand kids.
'According to the Bible, John the Baptist ate locusts. This seems unsettling to many people, to have a key member of the early ministry of Christ living in such a manner. Many in the early church believed that this reference to locusts was actually meant to refer to the seeds of the carob tree, because the word used was similar in the Greek.' .. unquote
I believe that insect and grub eating is quite common in the far and middle east
No lol: counter-argument please.
https://www.unenvironment.org/news-and-stories/story/why-australias-2019-2020-bushfire-season-was-not-normal-three-graphs
https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/australia-news/2019/dec/25/factcheck-why-australias-monster-2019-bushfires-are-unprecedented
https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2020-04-29/east-africa-can-t-escape-plagues-of-locusts-floods-and-covid-19?sref=2o0rZsF1&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=socialflow-organic&cmpid==socialflow-twitter-view&utm_content=view&utm_source=twitter
So much denial of the effects of climate change on CL.