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[ebikeerwidnes]

And increase the population. He thinks people should have bigger families.

And he doesn;t see the problem putting the two together

 

[Ian H]

And increase the population. He thinks people should have bigger families.

The birth-rate in most of the richer countries is below the replacement rate (2.1 approx), and the rate is falling globally. Population increase is driven mainly by more people living longer. There's an important correlation between depopulation and global warming, and implications for migration.

Depopulation is at present a problem for affluent societies: in general, the richer a country the fewer children its citizens will have. Whereas a warming world will affect the poorest places on Earth first – including sub-Saharan Africa – those are also likely to be the last locations where populations will stop growing. Canada may soon be ground zero for falling birth rates – its TFR [Total Fertility Rate] is almost as low as Japan’s – but it will probably wait longer than most to experience the worst effects of climate change. In that sense, Canada is sub-Saharan Africa when it comes to depopulation and sub-Saharan Africa is Canada when it comes to climate. But these stories will also interact. In the face of declining populations and growing strains on labour forces, rich countries will become more and more dependent on immigration to maintain numbers. At the same time, as those parts of the world with growing populations become less habitable because of climate change, the impetus to move from South to North will increase. Just one of these factors on its own – either depopulation in the North or climate change in the South – could be enough to drive mass migration. Taken together they make it inevitable.
https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v47/n21/david-runciman/are-we-doomed

 

[Pblakeney]

The birth-rate in most of the richer countries is below the replacement rate (2.1 approx), and the rate is falling globally. Population increase is driven mainly by more people living longer. There's an important correlation between depopulation and global warming, and implications for migration.

Depopulation is at present a problem for affluent societies: in general, the richer a country the fewer children its citizens will have. Whereas a warming world will affect the poorest places on Earth first – including sub-Saharan Africa – those are also likely to be the last locations where populations will stop growing. Canada may soon be ground zero for falling birth rates – its TFR [Total Fertility Rate] is almost as low as Japan’s – but it will probably wait longer than most to experience the worst effects of climate change. In that sense, Canada is sub-Saharan Africa when it comes to depopulation and sub-Saharan Africa is Canada when it comes to climate. But these stories will also interact. In the face of declining populations and growing strains on labour forces, rich countries will become more and more dependent on immigration to maintain numbers. At the same time, as those parts of the world with growing populations become less habitable because of climate change, the impetus to move from South to North will increase. Just one of these factors on its own – either depopulation in the North or climate change in the South – could be enough to drive mass migration. Taken together they make it inevitable.
https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v47/n21/david-runciman/are-we-doomed

I'm not so sure that mass migration is inevitable as it was always thus.
Where would the US be without mass migration? Vastly underpopulated and very environmentally clean. Humans are just large locusts.

 

[Ian H]

I'm not so sure that mass migration is inevitable as it was always thus.
Where would the US be without mass migration? Vastly underpopulated and very environmentally clean. Humans are just large locusts.

The difference is that it will be driven by climate change. The full article gives context.

 

[BoldonLad]

And he doesn;t see the problem putting the two together

Among other things, isn't there a complication with population growth? ie increasing population consumes more resources and adds to Global warming? (unless a lower standard of living is accepted).

 

[Pblakeney]

The difference is that it will be driven by climate change. The full article gives context.

I'm not arguing against that being the biggest future driver. I'm just saying it is just the latest reason, and there will always be reasons.

 

[All uphill]

I haven't been here for ages. The jokes haven't improved.

 

[craigwend]

I haven't been here for ages. The jokes haven't improved.

Said the non specific religious cleric to the consenting sex worker of no fixed gender or orientation....

 

[Ian H]

Anyway, back to jokes (I think it's a joke).

 

[TailWindHome]

Recommended. The sketch writing of Rob Hutton in The Critic.

https://thecritic.co.uk/bring-on-the-clowns/#

 

[briantrumpet]

Private Eye

 

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