Dick Smith has been quite verbose in his new campaign to cut the population growth in Australia. Back in Jan, 2010 the Herald Sun reprinted this article:
A massive 384 comments were submitted with the majority agreeing we cut our population growth, particularly of immigrants. I found the following comment amusing and scarily enough, relevant:
Ben from Melbourne
Typical Malthusian nonsense. In 100 years time people will be starving to death from overpopulation? Please. They’ve been saying that for centuries. Without fail quality of life has continued to improve. For reference, see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malthusian_catastrophe In countries where the population is a problem it is not because of numbers. It is because of poor management and distribution of resources.
In 100 years time we will be so technologically advanced compared to now that it is likely we will never have to worry about food or water ever again. Already plans are in place to phase out factory farming in favour of lab produced meat, starting within the next ten years. Meanwhile, nanotechnology holds the promise of providing nourishment to our bodies without need for food at all within the next several decades. If we’re starving in 100 years time, I won’t be. Because I will be eating my hat.
for a start we don’t have 100 years with predictions of food shortage likely as early as 2050. Besides I think that’s the whole idea of restricting the population so we don’t have to resort to eating nano particles, where is the culinary delight in that!
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