Can Earth support 7 billion Humansspencerspindrift@btinternet.com postedI think the optimum population is 500,000 as it was dueing the hunter gatherer time. www,churchofeuthanasia Sponsored Link-------------------------- zezima0338957 repliedwell the earth already has 6.6 billion ppl so yea y not a 0.4 billion more ppl WIRED! repliedIf you are worried about the world falling apart dont worry... Chuck Norris will make sure that it doesnt emucompboy repliedNo, not sustainably. At the current 6.6 billion, one billion people are more hungry than they should be. We're overfishing the oceans, and depleting resources that should be renewable. The responsible course of action would be to distribute contraceptives in "developing" nations. Having seven children is four or five too many. alyssa repliedWell I believe we have over 6 and 1/2 billion people already, why not add the other less than 1/2. Since the earth obviously holds this many people and more, this will cause a lot of problems in the future like pollution, natural resource depletion, and the narrowing of space. But we reading this will probably (most likely) be dead by then. jamesm557 repliedduring was the word you were looking for. and yeah it can quite easilly hold that many. as long as we keep ultering our environment to suit us it can hold many more than what it currrently is. BIGgourami repliedjames m.. altering was the word you were looking for to answer the question no it can't can 50 people live locked in one bedroom? sure.... for a while.. Michael P repliedDefinitely not a healthy and happy 7 billion, but we are on schedule to reach that number in 2 to 3 years. The question is how long can the Earth support 7 billion people. We could probably produce enough food for everyone, but distribution seems to become more and more difficult. I don't think that encouraging mass suicides (as that website suggests) would make any difference. Making birth control (and education) available to the people that would benefit from it most would probably have the biggest effect over the long term. While women in developed countries give birth to an average 1.6 children, those in the least developed countries average 4.6! Mandating birth control as China has done is a bold move, but it comes with profound moral issues. After the US cut all $34 million of UNFPA funds (providing birth control in less-developed nations), 34millionfriends.org has tried to get 34 million people to contribute $1 to make it up. Rupert G repliedYes it could. For a while. However it could not even support 6bn people indefinitely at our current living standards.
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