I really don’t see the problem. At the current rate of shrink, we aren’t even keeping up with immigration, right? Of course, I don’t really care what color US Citizens’ skins are.
Would be less of a problem if we hadn’t had so many Covid deaths and the Republican’s were doing more to get vaccinated, so fewer people don’t have to die.
I don’t see a problem either. Don’t need to sell houses as old people won’t be able to build them anyway. The economy doesn’t need to see any growth either as consumers die off. /s
Fertility rates the world over are dropping and while in the short term this is good.. it may well lead to the extinction of our species. Sperm competition.. nature’s way of keeping the best has been eliminated by our unnatural values. Chemicals in our food/ water and air have changed gender development during gestation. Our immune system is no longer naturally developed.. The long term future of our species is very much in doubt.
It’s only taken 80 years to go from fewer than 2.3 billion on our planet to almost 8 billion. The sustainable planetary population is dropping daily, as we squander our precious resources, and is now around 1.5 billion. The only way this nonsensical cartoon could be true is when the next pandemic hits the mortality rate is in the high 90s % wise. The good news lately is the current breed rate has dropped to nearly as low as it was in the 1930s and condom sales are going up.
Birthrates in the U.S. have been dropping since the late 1980s / early 1990s, and dropped a lot overall since the 1950s. The U.S. has even had programs to encourage lower birthrates. Why the sudden alarm that they’ve been working?
How many of you are old enough to have bought in to the 1960’s alarmists warnings of overpopulation, or “The Population Bomb” as it was called due to the book of the same name by some academic wingnut named Paul Ehrlich? Overpopulation would doom mankind and this apocalypse was imminent. Famine and disease would wipe us out. The UK would be no more by 2020. India was doomed. No chance. And even the US would suffer a loss of more than 25% of it’s people to starvation in the 1970’s before the planet lost it’s ability to support human life at all. Lots of people bought it. Fear of overpopulation was almost as pervasive as some of today’s fears. Ehrilch became a celebrity, going on Carson, etc. He was on TV as much as Fauci is today. I believe this nutter is still with us and sticking to his guns. Probably has an autographed photo of Al Gore on his desk :P
History is loaded with examples like this but they’re usually far less dramatic. This guy is the chief attraction at the Alarmist Hall of Fame. :)
I’ll be 81 in 2040. Both my parents lived into their early 80s. The question is not so much about low birth rate, as it is, can the planet sustain the over 7 billion (closer to 8b) by now, who are already here, with the catastrophic adjustment that is happening to the atmosphere (i.e. climate) and, as such the various ecosystems on a global scale? Our fragile blue planet has pretty much reached its limit, thanks to anthropogenic abuse.
Concretionist about 3 years ago
I really don’t see the problem. At the current rate of shrink, we aren’t even keeping up with immigration, right? Of course, I don’t really care what color US Citizens’ skins are.
Daeder about 3 years ago
Shut up!
The birthrate dropping is a VERY GOOD THING!
It will be MANY, MANY generations before any humans on planet earth have to worry about UNDER-population.
Darsan54 Premium Member about 3 years ago
Gee, big surprise. Bleak economic opportunities, a shaky economy built only for the serving the super rich and now plagues allowed to run rampent.
GiantShetlandPony about 3 years ago
Would be less of a problem if we hadn’t had so many Covid deaths and the Republican’s were doing more to get vaccinated, so fewer people don’t have to die.
cdward about 3 years ago
And the rest of the world celebrates because pollution goes way down and international meddling drops significantly.
walfishj about 3 years ago
And that is why we need immigration.
NeedaChuckle Premium Member about 3 years ago
I don’t see a problem either. Don’t need to sell houses as old people won’t be able to build them anyway. The economy doesn’t need to see any growth either as consumers die off. /s
feverjr Premium Member about 3 years ago
Hey you said they will not replace us…. guess what…
Redd Panda about 3 years ago
Not a bad thing.
A decimation of the human population would be just about right.
NeoconMan about 3 years ago
Bill is right; parenthood should not be planned. It should always come as an accident. And a surprise.
Alberta Oil Premium Member about 3 years ago
Fertility rates the world over are dropping and while in the short term this is good.. it may well lead to the extinction of our species. Sperm competition.. nature’s way of keeping the best has been eliminated by our unnatural values. Chemicals in our food/ water and air have changed gender development during gestation. Our immune system is no longer naturally developed.. The long term future of our species is very much in doubt.
Radish the wordsmith about 3 years ago
The world’s population is increasing steadily, now its 7.6 billion.
Reminds me of bacteria on a petri dish, after they eat all they food they will die off.
ForALaugh Premium Member about 3 years ago
It’s only taken 80 years to go from fewer than 2.3 billion on our planet to almost 8 billion. The sustainable planetary population is dropping daily, as we squander our precious resources, and is now around 1.5 billion. The only way this nonsensical cartoon could be true is when the next pandemic hits the mortality rate is in the high 90s % wise. The good news lately is the current breed rate has dropped to nearly as low as it was in the 1930s and condom sales are going up.
ferddo about 3 years ago
Birthrates in the U.S. have been dropping since the late 1980s / early 1990s, and dropped a lot overall since the 1950s. The U.S. has even had programs to encourage lower birthrates. Why the sudden alarm that they’ve been working?
john_chubb about 3 years ago
And by 2040 they will have figured out that Covid19 infection diminishes human fertility substantially.
guyjen2004 Premium Member about 3 years ago
How many of you are old enough to have bought in to the 1960’s alarmists warnings of overpopulation, or “The Population Bomb” as it was called due to the book of the same name by some academic wingnut named Paul Ehrlich? Overpopulation would doom mankind and this apocalypse was imminent. Famine and disease would wipe us out. The UK would be no more by 2020. India was doomed. No chance. And even the US would suffer a loss of more than 25% of it’s people to starvation in the 1970’s before the planet lost it’s ability to support human life at all. Lots of people bought it. Fear of overpopulation was almost as pervasive as some of today’s fears. Ehrilch became a celebrity, going on Carson, etc. He was on TV as much as Fauci is today. I believe this nutter is still with us and sticking to his guns. Probably has an autographed photo of Al Gore on his desk :P
History is loaded with examples like this but they’re usually far less dramatic. This guy is the chief attraction at the Alarmist Hall of Fame. :)
Night-Gaunt49[Bozo is Boffo] about 3 years ago
Nice and we can adjust things to make it better for the remainder. Automation and a stipend we can keep up our economy.
Classyladyor about 3 years ago
It took a long time to get here. I am old enough to remember when “Zero population growth” was the goal. There are way too many people in the world.
JenSolo02 about 3 years ago
I’ll be 81 in 2040. Both my parents lived into their early 80s. The question is not so much about low birth rate, as it is, can the planet sustain the over 7 billion (closer to 8b) by now, who are already here, with the catastrophic adjustment that is happening to the atmosphere (i.e. climate) and, as such the various ecosystems on a global scale? Our fragile blue planet has pretty much reached its limit, thanks to anthropogenic abuse.