daisycutter

and food is not the only resource that might become sub-optimal due to population pressure. there are hundreds of others

gr8 pst 2, uncle

you didn't see my emoticon?

Yep. Makes you wonder where all the lithium is going to come from to store all that solar power and run all the electric cars which use as many KWh's per day as an average house..........all of which during massive global people migrations and civil wars.... armageddon scenarios are such fun but globalisation will save us

There is much more to worry about than AGW in the future The UN maintain a model and release yearly World Population Forecast updates Contrary to previous recent models forecasting global population to plateau at about 9B by mid century they are now forecasting a staggering 11.2B by century end. So much for the Infallibility of scientific models. The UN have a consistent record of under-estimating future population growth, so this could mean that the 11.2B (or more) could come much earlier. When I was born the world was about 2.5B. World population reached: Year Time to add 1 billion 1 billion 1804 2 billion 1927 123 years 3 billion 1960 33 years 4 billion 1974 14 years 5 billion 1987 13 years 6 billion 1999 12 years https://www.un.org/development/desa/publications/world-population-prospects-the-2017-revision.html following is an excerpt, use link above for full article World Population Prospects: The 2017 Revision 21 June 2017 The current world population of 7.6 billion is expected to reach 8.6 billion in 2030, 9.8 billion in 2050 and 11.2 billion in 2100, according to a new United Nations report being launched today. With roughly 83 million people being added to the world’s population every year, the upward trend in population size is expected to continue, even assuming that fertility levels will continue to decline. The World Population Prospects: The 2017 Revision, published by the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs, provides a comprehensive review of global demographic trends and prospects for the future. The information is essential to guide policies aimed at achieving the new Sustainable Development Goals. Shifts in country population rankings The new projections include some notable findings at the country level. China (with 1.4 billion inhabitants) and India (1.3 billion inhabitants) remain the two most populous countries, comprising 19 and 18% of the total global population. In roughly seven years, or around 2024, the population of India is expected to surpass that of China. Among the ten largest countries worldwide, Nigeria is growing the most rapidly. Consequently, the population of Nigeria, currently the world’s 7th largest, is projected to surpass that of the United States and become the third largest country in the world shortly before 2050. Most of the global increase is attributable to a small number of countries From 2017 to 2050, it is expected that half of the world’s population growth will be concentrated in just nine countries: India, Nigeria, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Pakistan, Ethiopia, the United Republic of Tanzania, the United States of America, Uganda and Indonesia (ordered by their expected contribution to total growth). The group of 47 least developed countries (LDCs) continues to have a relatively high level of fertility, which stood at 4.3 births per woman in 2010-2015. As a result, the population of these countries has been growing rapidly, at around 2.4 % per year. Although this rate of increase is expected to slow significantly over the coming decades, the combined population of the LDCs, roughly one billion in 2017, is projected to increase by 33 % between 2017 and 2030, and to reach 1.9 billion persons in 2050. Similarly, Africa continues to experience high rates of population growth. Between 2017 and 2050, the populations of 26 African countries are projected to expand to at least double their current size. The concentration of global population growth in the poorest countries presents a considerable challenge to governments in implementing the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, which seeks to end poverty and hunger, expand and update health and education systems, achieve gender equality and women’s empowerment, reduce inequality and ensure that no one is left behind.

very astute observation for a frog now that jack watts has departed, i think all future blame should be directed mercilessly at uncle bitters

if he leaves 3aw that will be a positive, but

exactly grapeviney. i was going to post almost the exactly the same but i didn't feel like being abused today by the usual self-righteous

morals.....politics......surely you jest, colin?

you must miss writing all those letters to heartbalm, uncle, and desperately waiting for the reply

salami and cheese on rice cakes, od well at least you can leave it for another 19 days, or you could get out the permanent marker pen

leave it there, od, as your "away" sticker

i never listen to sen, but what a bastard way to terminate two long-standing employees. i hope there is karma coming.

go and give yourself a jolly good flogging then. i'm sure you'll feel better for it

very interesting

well if you want to delude yourself that the holocaust was a christian inspired genocide then be my guest

Hitler, Himmler, et al would be very amused to be described as christians, so too all the christian priests who died in concentration camps or gestapo dungeons. Mind you, different story in the balkans

Is the no B$ in thread title a reference to Bill $horten?

uncle bitters will rue the day he built his manor house on an ancient river bed........a real barry prendergast decision

think you will find the pyramid texts pre-date the vedas by 1000-1500 years ernest but yes, if you only include current religions

allahu akbar, ernest

me too barney, but i can assure you there are no northern (or southern) lights here. the occasional ambulance lights is as good as it gets

noice one. maybe future countdowns should be in years to 4 decimal points. that should simplify things