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U.N.: World Population to Hit 9B in 2050
AP via Yahoo! ^
| 02/25/05
| EDITH M. LEDERER
Posted on 02/25/2005 5:12:12 AM PST by Brilliant
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Not good.
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posted on
02/25/2005 5:12:14 AM PST
by
Brilliant
To: Brilliant
In a story about swelling population in Developing countries, they sure emphasize the importance of fighting HIV/AIDS a lot. Helping people live longer and engage in promiscuous sex more easily seems an odd way to fight over-population -- but, hey, if the UN says that's what is required, I'm sure they are correct!
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posted on
02/25/2005 5:15:53 AM PST
by
ClearCase_guy
(The fourth estate is a fifth column.)
To: Brilliant
The next few months will play a big part in what the future population of the world might be in 2050.
Thee are various forces, both benevolent and malevolent at play in the world which influence global population.
How the current "leaders" of the world play their cards in the next few weeks and months will be very interesting. People should not underestimate the potential insanity of certain "leaders" of the world. Those who have made thousands of life and death decisions in the past will be tested enormously in the coming months.
God however is in control, and will decide what will unfold on the world stage.
To: ClearCase_guy
Instead of giving them AIDS drugs, we should be giving them birth control.
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posted on
02/25/2005 5:17:49 AM PST
by
Brilliant
To: Brilliant
and the source of this info is......................
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posted on
02/25/2005 5:19:06 AM PST
by
PeterPrinciple
(seeking the truth here folks.)
To: Brilliant
9 billion people isn't a big deal.
To: Brilliant
"They'll just add more flouride to drinking water
to sap and impurify our precious bodily fluids."
To: Red Sea Swimmer
"
Thee are various forces, both benevolent and malevolent at play in the world which influence global population." Is it the Martians?
To: Brilliant
What is not mentioned in the article is that this is the expected PEAK population. It will not increase after that.
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posted on
02/25/2005 5:25:28 AM PST
by
kidd
To: Brilliant
If I could place a wager, I would say this will not happen. I fully expect some kind of cataclysmic plague to sweep the world. We use way too much medicine (antibiotics), no one knows how to fend for themselves and people travel the globe in a day.
I think all these factors and more I haven't mentioned or thought of will combine to wipe out a significant portion of the population in the next 50 years.
To: Brilliant
I highly doubt this to be true. What, with the continuous genocides the UN supports in Africa we know this can't be true, plus the innability of these places to feed the populatons they have now, show that a 10 fold increase of the population is simply unsustainable. Continued resistance by the Europeons toward GE agricultural foods, and thus preventing them from being used to feed these people ensures that those population numbers will never be seen. Not to mention natural disasters such as drought and crop failure world wide, and a world war or two. Those are very "liberal" figures to say the least.
To: Fierce Allegiance
So let me get this straight. The UN is telling the world that the population greatly expand in countries that cannot even handle the population they have now.
And they are telling us this because it is the fault of the US, and we will have to account and provide for these people? Because naturally, if we don't, (but thruthfully, even if we do) they will hate us and want to cause us harm.
I say stop the gravy train and let them fend for themselves. Even animals are smarter than that. Animals reproduce at a rate that their environment can sustain.
The US can't be the cure all for the Worlds (and the UN's) continued stupidity.
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posted on
02/25/2005 5:44:07 AM PST
by
libs_kma
(USA: The land of the Free....Because of the Brave!)
To: libs_kma
I think you nailed it. If you think the liberals are bad now with confiscatory taxation, wait until the world has a hard time sustaining itself without US food production.
By liberals, I do not just mean US Democrats, but all those in world governing bodies that feel they have a right to the wealth created by Americans.
To: Brilliant
Median fertility is expected to decline from 2.6 children per woman today to slightly over 2 children per woman in 2050.
Um, this is below replacement rate. Translation, the world's population will start to decline in the not-too-distant future . . . everywhere.
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posted on
02/25/2005 6:01:17 AM PST
by
LS
(CNN is the Amtrak of news (there is no c in Amtrak and no truth in MSM news))
To: ClearCase_guy
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posted on
02/25/2005 6:03:43 AM PST
by
razoroccam
(Then in the name of Allah, they will let loose the Germs of War (http://www.booksurge.com))
To: Brilliant
I am sure that the next Bilderberg meeting will address the population issue.
Here is some scripture for these wicked people
(Romans 2:8-11)
Wrath and fury to those who selfishly disobey the truth and obey wickedness.
Yes affliction and anguish will come upon every man who has done evil,the Jew first,then the Greek.
But there will be glory, honor,and peace for everyone who has done good,likewise the Jew first, then the Greek.
With God there is no favoritism.
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posted on
02/25/2005 6:10:21 AM PST
by
pro610
(Let those who have ears listen.Jesus knows)
To: Brilliant
Not good. Not likely either. Remember AIDS, CJDv, Avian flu, glow-bull warning et cetera? All these 'prey' on the least competent.
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posted on
02/25/2005 6:17:28 AM PST
by
dhuffman@awod.com
(The conspiracy of ignorance masquerades as common sense.)
To: Brilliant
"Not good."
It's great news. The more people the better. Living standards go up in direct proportion to population growth. Who do you think devise all the inventions and processes that improve living standards? People.
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posted on
02/25/2005 6:41:18 AM PST
by
monday
To: Brilliant
The "developing world" is rapidly moving into the U.S. across our open borders.
To: Brilliant
"The United States is projected to be the major net recipient of international migrants, 1.1 million annually, with its population increasing from 298 million in 2005 to 394 million in 2050, the report said."We're #1! - We're #1! Let's cheer.
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posted on
02/25/2005 11:26:36 AM PST
by
ex-snook
(Exporting jobs and the money to buy America is lose-lose..)
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