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The Weekly Dilemma - week 6
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| Selwink |
Posted on 30-04-2014 16:32
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Okay, it's time for the second dilemma. The world populaties keeps on rising, an it looks like there won't be enough food to feed the entire world population. Feel free to discuss what to do.
Also, it would be nice to receive some more ideas for a new dilemma, as we can't do anything on our own.
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| weirdskyfan64 |
Posted on 30-04-2014 16:47
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Insects. Much better solution than GM.
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| BenjiNaesen |
Posted on 30-04-2014 17:41
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Eat your own shit. Point taken. |
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| TheManxMissile |
Posted on 30-04-2014 17:45
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Soylent Green is all we need
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| SSJ2Luigi |
Posted on 30-04-2014 17:54
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no more food-production but less people to feed
edit: might not be the best possible solution, but I honestly believe we need to trim the world wide population
Edited by SSJ2Luigi on 30-04-2014 17:56
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| weirdskyfan64 |
Posted on 30-04-2014 18:17
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How? World War Three? Taking a Spartan angle and dropping babies off a ravine if too weak?
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| TheManxMissile |
Posted on 30-04-2014 18:18
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weirdskyfan64 wrote:
How? World War Three? Taking a Spartan angle and dropping babies off a ravine if too weak?
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| baseballlover312 |
Posted on 30-04-2014 20:12
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We learned in science it is likely the population will eventually stabilize at around 11 billion.
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| Jesleyh |
Posted on 30-04-2014 20:14
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Question is, can Earth handle 11 billon people? Or humanity, for that matter.
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| Selwink |
Posted on 30-04-2014 20:17
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There's already hunger with 7 billion people around, I doubt the world can handle 11b
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| TheManxMissile |
Posted on 30-04-2014 20:21
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baseballlover312 wrote:
We learned in science it is likely the population will eventually stabilize at around 11 billion.
A perfectly manageable number, provided we as a species get better control of how we produce food.
For example meat is incredibly space and energy inefficient. Animals need space and food and time to grow. For the same space, energy input and time we can grow just so much more food it boggles the mind. We can make up the protein through nuts and the like.
Meat can still be grown for consumption, but only as a specialty food. Or start eating other "meats" like bugs, insects. Basically Cows are not great for food security. Birds aren't too bad, sheep are not terrible either. Size makes the difference there.
Even now there is enough food to feed the worlds population. It just does not get equally spread. Too much goes to First world countries, and too little goes to Third world countries. It's well known but i don't see it changing for a while, if at all frankly.
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| Maddrengen |
Posted on 30-04-2014 20:48
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Not a really brillant idea, but i often think, that overcoming the overpopulation problem, wich causes the food problem, is the solution. Some kind of virus, or just a great earht catastrophy, as in the 2012 movie, would probably do the trick 
I think the cold war just woke from it's sleep with Russia invading Crimea, and I simply don't see it being cold forever. Somehow I've got the feeling, thats how we'll sort out in humanity. Eventually it will escalate, I believe.
When coming to just this topic, overcrowding, I'm pretty pessimistic, i think we just have to sort out in humanity, how it's done, I don't know, neither do i really care. I don't think it'll happen in my years, though een if it will, it won't bother me much. At least I like to think so
So that's pretty much how i think we should overcome this problem.. 
Edited by Maddrengen on 30-04-2014 20:49
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| 547984 |
Posted on 30-04-2014 23:28
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Liposuction obese people and inject that fat into people with no food
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| SSJ2Luigi |
Posted on 01-05-2014 00:36
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547984 wrote:
Liposuction obese people and inject that fat into people with no food
so a repeat of that financial injection the States gave to europe after the second world war but with liposuction'd fat yeah I went there, whatya mericans gonna do about it. oh wait american site owner. please don't ban me
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| admirschleck |
Posted on 01-05-2014 00:37
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SSJ2Luigi wrote:
Might not be the best possible solution, but I honestly believe we need to trim the world wide population.
That part of your posts is so creepy and it honestly scares me a bit. How do you actually mean "trim the world wide population"?
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| NTTHRASH |
Posted on 01-05-2014 00:52
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What we do? Wouldn't matter; people would panic. If we ever get to a state where the world is overpopulated, the masses (especially in cities) will scramble for resources, causing rioting/fights. It wouldn't matter if you tried to lead them or not, they aren't comfortable, therefore will not follow/comply. The resources are so limited, that the rioting in the streets would close businesses, propagating further lack of food and beverage, leading to more rioting. This cycle would continue into anarchy, and also revolt to the government, which is declaring martial law. The new power shift forces people to triple or quad-lock their doors ion fear of the chaos outside, and few actually remain sane.
NOTE: This was modeled for the US.
Internationally, the lack of resources has stagnated global trade. As a result, global economy collapses, hitting literal zero numbers, and putting next to every major business/corporation IN THE WORLD out of business, or worse. Flareups begin for valuable water sources; lakes, rivers, even oceans, as filtering is already in place to make the water drinkable. At this point, society has already become even more dumbed down and sedated, causing poor decision-making, and, ultimately, leading to the preliminary battles of the next World War; a resource-hoarding battle in which those with the biggest arm will take over the rest. Civilizations like Italy, Germany, and Denmark cease to exist, falling victim to the slaughter by the powers. Then, the resource areas begin to fall. Already engulfed in hell, the Middle East is simultaneously attacked by everyone, in the hunt for easy oil. Millions die, and the resource amounts drop further to fuel the production and equipping of military. Much time later, roughly 15 years, nuclear tensions are again boiling. The Geneva Convention and those like it mean nothing anymore, as countries turn their backs on all of their allies in the name of the homeland. Civilians become mercenaries to feed their families, and the world is at an all-time low for natural resources. Greed and power drive the engines of "saving the world", and then, the story is too vague.
It may sound like a science-fiction, bullshit write up, but really, people will act like this. Some can't handle the fire alarm going off, what about when they are starving and another person breaks in to take your water? Bad jujuMcGumbo.
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| SSJ2Luigi |
Posted on 01-05-2014 00:56
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admirschleck wrote:
SSJ2Luigi wrote:
Might not be the best possible solution, but I honestly believe we need to trim the world wide population.
That part of your posts is so creepy and it honestly scares me a bit. How do you actually mean "trim the world wide population"?
a plural at post? excellent
but yeah trim is a bad choice of word, I meant that the world population needs to be reduced by (in comparisonment) small amounts. that those small amounts would mean 10.000 people or even more ...
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| admirschleck |
Posted on 01-05-2014 00:59
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Made a mistake. So, you'd just kill 10k of people, right? Bizarre.
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| NTTHRASH |
Posted on 01-05-2014 01:01
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admirschleck wrote:
Made a mistake. So, you'd just kill 10k of people, right? Bizarre.
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| SSJ2Luigi |
Posted on 01-05-2014 01:05
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admirschleck wrote:
Made a mistake. So, you'd just kill 10k of people, right? Bizarre.
that just m--
I'm sorry, I really am but thanks to NTTHRASH post I can't be serious anymore.
I'll try to continue my train of thought tomorrow
Edited by SSJ2Luigi on 01-05-2014 01:06
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