Barring that, Jonathan Swift's Modest Proposal could easily take care of a portion of it as well. Besides its original intent, that is. Which is still valid, in a strange and creepy way.
Yes, a less populated world would be more sustainable. To a point, I think. It all depends on what kind of sustainability you're looking at. If you're looking at sustaining environment, with no regards to resources, I'm all for the smaller population. However, sustainable crops/resoursces/etc+sustainable surrounding environment almsot require a critical mass of people to happily tend them. I'd say a better (hmmm... responsible, even?) use of land combined with higher density urban spaces (higher density=less travel required) seems to strike a nice balance in my head. Yes, you'd still require a smaller (and/or vegetarian) population to allow them to live in accustomed style, but higher density urban areas mean more usable rural space. Which is all well and good if it works out.
I say we start planting orchards on the roofs of our
oh, well look at you being all practical and all, haha. :P
but it's funny... i was just talking to a friend about the benefits of growing your own food vs. the detached nature of buying pre-cut/artificially coloured food in a grocery store. to a certain extent everyone probably should visit an abattoir before eating a steak, but just growing your own tomatoes is a good start.
Practical and/or creepy. Depends on how you look at it. I did, y'know, condone eating one's own young/selling one's own young as food as a solution to global warming, without the tediousness of contraception/abstinence. (I mean, you do have to let Catholics enjoy themselves a little. Sacficing your children can't be *all* bad if they did it in the Bible, right?)
And if I could afford it, I would be all for organic, free-range protein sources. I guess I just like meat too much. (is that a problem? Probably. But I also get a pound of meat to last most of a week...) There is no way I could handle being a vegetarian for long.
Can I grow my own carrots or potatoes instead? Tomatoes are gross. (or maybe, can I grow Pomatoes? space-efficient, and all...)
i think it would be hard to convince peoepl to live in places of higher density. Urban sprawl is a phenomenom which really effects the environment. Living on the outsckirts of Toronto, I have seen the rapid increase of people moving outside of the the city not wanting to live in high density areas where crime seems more prevailent.
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Yes, a less populated world would be more sustainable. To a point, I think. It all depends on what kind of sustainability you're looking at. If you're looking at sustaining environment, with no regards to resources, I'm all for the smaller population. However, sustainable crops/resoursces/etc+sustainable surrounding environment almsot require a critical mass of people to happily tend them. I'd say a better (hmmm... responsible, even?) use of land combined with higher density urban spaces (higher density=less travel required) seems to strike a nice balance in my head. Yes, you'd still require a smaller (and/or vegetarian) population to allow them to live in accustomed style, but higher density urban areas mean more usable rural space. Which is all well and good if it works out.
I say we start planting orchards on the roofs of our
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but it's funny... i was just talking to a friend about the benefits of growing your own food vs. the detached nature of buying pre-cut/artificially coloured food in a grocery store. to a certain extent everyone probably should visit an abattoir before eating a steak, but just growing your own tomatoes is a good start.
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And if I could afford it, I would be all for organic, free-range protein sources. I guess I just like meat too much. (is that a problem? Probably. But I also get a pound of meat to last most of a week...) There is no way I could handle being a vegetarian for long.
Can I grow my own carrots or potatoes instead? Tomatoes are gross. (or maybe, can I grow Pomatoes? space-efficient, and all...)
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