I had a huge bee in my bonnet today because of this no make up selfies Not because I think anyone is vain, I think its nice to see people supporting something in great numbers, but because I think that sometimes we are all a little miss guided! My dad died of a cancer, Id do anything to have him back, but unfortunately finding a cure might not be a good thing, I know that there will be people that hugely disagree but unfortunately the human race is very very selfish and we are raised that why. Much like any other biological organism, humans have grown exponentially when provided with the correct setting. You place algae in a pond that has the perfect temperature and amount of good quality nutrients then it will feed and reproduce repeatedly until the entire pond area is covered with green micro organisms - so much so that the sun is blocked from reaching the plants that provided nutrition for the algae. The population falls and rises in this manner until a (though fluctuating) mid point has been reached; this is called the carrying capacity. At this point the algae population has reached a peak, or appropriate, population size which allows for the comfortable survival of its inhabitants without using up too many resources. Humans are undergoing this original exponential growth. In the 1800s our population was 1 billion. 100 years later in the early 20th century the population had risen by around 650 million to 1.65 million. At the dawn of the millennium, once again a 100 year time lapse, we reached 6 billion. In 2013 we are at 7.12 million. As you can see it is increasing rapidly, much like the algae in the pond. We have avoided the inevitable of food shortages - in developed countries - by creating GM products, but this soon wont cope with the demand. We need some culling of the population to reduce the population density which in places such as china is already causing the average household to be cramped in a space of around 15m^2, often a lot smaller for single individuals. Cancer is not nice, its not pretty, but its required - much like the plagues of old - to reduce the global population. Many would say that its easy to speak in a hypothetical manner when arguing for such draconian measures, however the fact that we will likely reach 10 billion before 2050 is a massive worry. We have a relatively small planet and nature is attempting to help us. We should take natures offer saving grace and not attempt to cut off her hand. We have seen this through the ages and in nature and yet we ignore it....
Posted on: Wed, 19 Mar 2014 21:04:06 +0000
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