(03-29-2019 11:39 AM)RiceLad15 Wrote:  

(03-29-2019 11:17 AM)Rice93 Wrote:  

(03-29-2019 10:57 AM)OptimisticOwl Wrote:  I think the problem with this Earth is not heat - we can adjust to that. it is overpopulation, and nobody is even talking about that. We are running out of water. We are running out of food. And in a few more generations, both those will reach crisis proportion. And we are wasting out time bitching about climate change. Lad's great-great-grandchildren will have adapted to heat, but how will they adapt to thirst and starvation?

OO... challenges to food supply and fresh water are directly related to global warming.

I agree with you that overpopulation is a massive component/problem.

I also don't think no one is talking about overpopulation. I see plenty of talk about reducing birth rates, especially in the developing world, to around replacement levels. You just don't see that as a focus in the US because overpopulation isn't really a concern here because we he reproduction rates below to near replacement levels.

I also don't see it in the Paris Accords or in any other multi-national agreement meant to combat climate change

Have I just missed it?

Have these other countries agreed to reduce populations/decrease replacement?


Personally, I'd have far less trouble with some of these financial requirements from the US if they were tied to population or development requirements from these other places. You do what you can... and not simply ask one or two parties to do it all while you ignore it and reap the benefits (or at least don't suffer as much)