What is the big deal
So the world is overpopulated. Yet, you can fit every living person into Texas. Everybody on earth settled on his own quarter acre of land. That is the equivalent of about 5 persons building their houses on a soccer field. Not too cramped is it? And if you consider that the five would probably belong to the same household…
So what is the problem then; water? Well, any one of the 15 largest rivers in the world can supply all the people in the world with 50 litres of fresh water each day. Without stopping the river from flowing.
Food then? Nope. The United states alone produce enough food to feed everybody on this planet.
Then what about oxygen? Not at present but it could become a problem; just leave our rain forests alone and we will do quite fine.
So over population sounds a bit exaggerated to me. More like a political problem than anything else. Which brings me to another gross exaggeration: Global warming!
It is a fact that the planet is warming up but it is also known that it has been warming up and cooling down ever since the beginning of time. Some places are getting a bit warmer while others are cooling off a bit. But there is no way to determine man’s contribution to it; if any.
At the current rate the planet warms up by about a tenth of a degree per century. That is one degree in a 1000 years! What is the panic? We are coming out of an ice age! So what is the big deal?
Now Catfoot wonders if this commotion is not just about keeping some people comfortable and busy. After all, it is a good fundraiser.
Just wondering; not saying.
Comments (66)
No deal at all!
I think your blog is a good one today and I see you have thought true this very well... I live in a long and wild country with 5 millions people in it in March 1012, it is 50.12 men and 49.88 women living in the red spot on this map.
We still have plenty of free and wild places in our country and I don't think it is over populated... I also see that the news-papers and the TV-news are screaming of this global warming. I wait and see. That's my move in this, maybe I live long enough to see if this happens, or maybe I am long dead when anything happen.
I've seen this in every thing that happens in the world is there any sort of disaster the news will bring it up to dimensions that is to big for the situation. The sensation is bigger then the event, this you can see in the papers, the Internet and then on TV-news. I think it is taken out of dimensions and made bigger and scarier then it is in real life because of the sensation the reporters make of things.
And too Non, don't worry about the earth tilting, we will probabley not notice this either... it is just propaganda making people worry too much!
Enjoy your time with your talk. I know exactly how that feels. Boy the highlight of my days.
At Wel. Couldn't agree more Wel
Same thing in my country and the world for that matter
SR
the world is perfect, but is going to be taken over by weather balloons. they are the original aliens.
i am safe, i have my own private vortex.
I see you did not fancy a stroll to my blog
Happy Sunday
Everything is exaggerated. As you so rightly remarked; more sensation than news. The media will turn anything into a disaster to sell more newspapers; and we, the readers, are to blame. We do not want to hear good news. We do not want to read that the crime rate has dropped.
What we want to hear is that there had been another earthquake somewhere far away.
Why did I never think of that.
I must exercise my freedom of speech at all times.
SO WHAT IS THE BIG DEAL!!!!!
Without doubt the highlight in my day too.
You are talking a heap of Roswell again but would you have a little black hole available in your vortex; perhaps 25k will suffice?
Hope you enjoyed your meal--
That is a bit steep.
I fear I will have to face the weather balloons when they come.
If you don't like the heat, Canada maybe a better alternative to texas...oh yes, and plenty of seals to club for food not to mention the wide open spaces...
I'm not too sure about that. Having grown up in a relatively warm country Canada is too cold. brrrrr
No fish for me?
This is the third time that a friend drops me today.
Got to go been on here all afternoon fish pie awaits
One day my friend you may just may sit at my table and converse. If crutches or wheelchair needed I will provide
Vancouver you will need rain gear but for the North West Territories you would definately need a parka...and a snow mobile!!
Forget about the wheelchair and crutches. A gurney will do just fine.
I think I will need two parkas. Here in Cape Town we only get snow on the highest peaks and only if it is a cold winter.
Yes, there are just out to get us!
Ok I will tell nobody but please don't die too soon.
Sorry my friend but my shareholders is getting suspicious about all the 25k wire transfers. They suspect that I'm being blackmailed by a religious sect.