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Who really won the North Sydney by-election? : Comments

By Andrew McNamara, published 11/12/2015

Only one party has anything to celebrate out of the North Sydney by-election, including bettering their previous best by 200 per cent.

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Hi Ateday,

Thanks for that unnecessary attempted kick in the nuts. Do you mean 'a population growth rate of less than replacement' world-wide or in individual countries ? After all, that's already happening. Russia's population is about to start declining, partly because all the blokes are alcoholics and nobody wants to live there.

Africa's population will keep growing quite healthily, perhaps for another century, to counter the declines elsewhere, before it stabilises. As well, a large number of Africans will be migrating anyway to some of those areas of population decline, in order to provide the necessary highly skilled labour.

So I don't see anything to worry about. Even with global warming, which will affect the northern hemisphere more than the southern, vast areas will be opened up to grain production as the potential growing areas move north, since the northern hemisphere contains so much more of the world's landmass.

You can ignore all this if you like and run around like a headless chook, but it will still happen.

Cheers,

Joe
Posted by Loudmouth, Saturday, 12 December 2015 3:44:12 PM
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Seriously M'dear, I just don't give a dam!

It just doesn't matter who won given it is always a politician and what's worse, just another yes man/party hack!?
Rhrosty.
Posted by Rhrosty, Sunday, 13 December 2015 12:56:58 PM
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Loudmouth,

This link from the UN shows the various contributions to population growth in projections for the world, and it will also display them for you for the different countries and regions.

http://www.un.org/en/development/desa/population/theme/trends/dem-comp-change/animated-figures/index.html

The expected world total by 2100 is more than 11 billion people, with no sign of a downturn. The difference between you and Ateday is that you don't see a problem with this, while a lot of us are very worried about what this extra pressure will do to our environmental life support systems.

"Almost one quarter of the world's population lives in regions where groundwater is being used up faster than it can be replenished."

http://www.nature.com/news/demand-for-water-outstrips-supply-1.11143

This is for today's population, not the 11 billion plus expected in 2100. When the groundwater goes, so does the food production.
Posted by Divergence, Sunday, 13 December 2015 1:37:37 PM
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Hi Divergence,

I wouldn't worry if I were you - technology will be developed, by hungry capitalists looking to turn any good idea into good money, so I reckon she'll be jake.

By 2025, wind and solar power will be so much cheaper than using coal that the infrastructure, wind towers, solar arrays, will be actually be manufactured by the use of wind and solar power - of if not, then by clean nuclear power.

World food production is doubling every forty-odd years, slightly out-pacing population growth. Some of the biggest rivers in the world are completely unharnessed, so both water reticulation and power distribution have huge potential yet.

And with global warming in the northern hemisphere, food production areas will be opened up on a massive scale.

Future economies will require far fewer unskilled people, and far more skilled people - male and female. As women's education improves, the birth-rate will decline and fertility will approach ZPG - populations will keep rising only because people will be living longer - and working longer.

It's all good !

Joe
Posted by Loudmouth, Sunday, 13 December 2015 3:16:43 PM
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big winner??
3% !!
there is spin and there is spin ..... and then there is this article
Posted by Shalmaneser, Monday, 14 December 2015 2:31:01 PM
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