"Population soaring"?

1.8 children per couple (per woman)- to me that's self-genocide! That's the same as China with it's "one child policy".

That's the Australian population halving each generation, propped up only by immigration.

Yet in the poor coutries, fertility is as high as 8 per woman! That's almost trippling the population each generation! Imagine that... In Nigeria, North Africa, the Muslim world, they can supply three times more hosopitals, more schools and roads, and somehow three times more farmland every 25 years! Funny how we can't afford to fund our schools, hospitals and roads despite being a 'wealthy' nation.

Have a look at Wikipedia.... What is this a map of?
To me this looks like a map of World Poverty.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Countriesbyfertilityrate.svg

But it is fertility...

Across the world, and within wealthy nations, the porrest are producing the children.... and the middle class is suiciding at an unprecedented rate!

And between nations, the poor nations are creating further poverty by unsustainable population growth.

Across Africa, the middle east, Sth america and asia, there are people scratching an existance from the most un-sustainable land... and as a result, deforestation, habitat destruction, extinction and famine are following. And then comes civil war, when starving people kill their neighbours because they need their farm land, because their legions of kids are starving.

Gia, The Earth Mother, needs us to look after the world... she needs us to help these people manage their populations... educating and providing free implants (the same as the "contraceptive pill", but needed only every 5 years, instead of daily) can save countless lives and many species.

Have a look at Thailand! They now manage their population to be no-growth, no-decline. As a result, over the next 50 years Thailand will also become a wealthy nation.

Why is China now an economic powerhouse (instead of a basket case)? Because the one-child policy 20 years ago. That was forced and co-ercive and terrible, but necessary. Thailand shows it can be free, optional, libertarian,sustainable, good, non-sexist, etc etc.

Save the planet! Provide population managementand education

Officially at lunchtime today Aussie hits 22 million people.

OI! OI! OI!

[giggle] [cough]

KHUUUUURRRR KHU Khu khu khu khou kough cough cough splutter dribble snort....

Oh my head feels like its gunna burst.

):>(

Yes and with less than 6 million of us paying the bills, how are we ever going to provide decent hospitals, a reliable police service or provide quality education for all?

Not a hope in hell! But hey, just keep bringing them in until we come to a grinding hult.

From today's Courier Mail:

'Now 22 million reasons to fret.'

Australia became a nation of 22 million people yesterday but conservationists say it is a worry, not something to brag about.

Sustainable Population Australia southeast Queensland branch president Simon Baltais said Australia was on course to have a population of 100 million by the end of the century, with 14 million people living in southeast Queensland.

"There is not a single environmental problem that benefits from increased population", he said.

"To the contrary, population growth makes all environmental problems and many social ones much worse.

How does population growth benefit our water shortages, congested roads, loss of bushland, food and home security and failing health systems?"

He said increases in greenhouse gas emissions almost directly paralleled population growth.
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This little article appears on page 29!!

It is stuff of enormous importance....and yet it barely rates a mention |:>(

Ludwig, although our population is growing, at a rate of 1.8 children per female I saw, I feel our real threat is not from within, but from our close neighbours, as they have a population growth rate of up to 8-1.

Now I think little old Australia will become very very tempting for some nation that has 'out grown' their country and is envious for our resourses.

And we think we have it tough now. Just wait till this happens, and I have little doubt it will.

Human rights, or equal opportunities is the last thing they care about.