Stuge Posted October 31, 2011 Posted October 31, 2011 http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/player/specials/sitewide-redesign/ngm-7billion.html Today the earth got its seven billionth human being. He, or she, is more likely to have been born in Japan or China, but for the purposes of sending a message, the United Nations Population Fund decided that the birth would take place in Uttar Pradesh, which has a population of 199.5 million. UP is amongst the states with the lowest ranking in all human development indices. In virtually every area- education, malnutrition, infant mortality and so on- it lags the other states of this backward country. As such, human demographic growth has been spectacular, considering there were only about 10,000 of us in the world 200,000 years ago. But from survivors we have become predators and today if everyone were to live by first world standards, we would need the resources of four earths. And as trends go, the population of earth is likely to continue growing till it peaks by the end of this century at some 10 billion plus. This is a measure of the challenge we confront in the world and UP. Read more at: http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/7th-billion-baby-uttar-pradesh-un-population-fund/1/158176.html http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/7th-billion-baby-uttar-pradesh-un-population-fund/1/158176.html
zen Posted November 2, 2011 Posted November 2, 2011 More pressure on natutal resources .... what's alarming is that we added a billion to the earth in about a decade
Tiger80 Posted November 2, 2011 Posted November 2, 2011 Out of 7 billion population 3 billion live in south asia and cHina.So much imbalance :headshake:
DomainK Posted November 2, 2011 Posted November 2, 2011 Out of 7 billion population 3 billion live in south asia and cHina.So much imbalance :headshake: Yeah, if everyone in south Asia start running together, the earth will probably start spinning in the wrong direction. Time to look for another habitable planet before we start overflowing.
Tiger80 Posted November 2, 2011 Posted November 2, 2011 Yeah, if everyone in south Asia start running together, the earth will probably start spinning in the wrong direction. Time to look for another habitable planet before we start overflowing. Just check birth rate of many European countries they are in Negative so in future these countries will become empty .Indians can migrate to those places every country will become like India:dance: so many test cricket teams:dance:
Trichromatic Posted November 2, 2011 Posted November 2, 2011 By this rate, India's population will start decreasing from 2060.
Jersey #10 Posted November 2, 2011 Posted November 2, 2011 I read somwhere that the earth is capable of 11billion human beings on it at the same time
ViruRulez Posted November 2, 2011 Posted November 2, 2011 Yeah, if everyone in south Asia start running together, the earth will probably start spinning in the wrong direction. Time to look for another habitable planet before we start overflowing. Why not to do something more simple and implement population reduction plans in countries like India. China has already started and so, I would not blame them. Maybe not as draconian as Chinese one but we can implement a policy where couples with only one child will get more benefit in jobs and amenities so that people stop churning out more kids. And the alarming fact is that high end or middle class educated families would mostly go for 1 or 2 children whereas the people in rural areas and also in towns who are BPL or hardly make a living churn out the most children. Need to educate them too and make them understand that this churning out kids will only lead to further disaster. I am not supporter of everything that Indira Gandhi or Sanjay Gandhi did but at least they though of this problem 4 decades ago and were working on fixing it out though maybe not in the right way. The democratic way would be the one I have mentioned. Announce everywhere and also give more facilities to couples with only 1 children followed by somewhat lesser facilities for couples with 2 children. Give the least of facilities and amenities for couples with over 2 children. Apne aap saare line be aa jayenge. And promote birth control pills and condoms like anything and give them free to the poor without much questions etc. asked. Make it simple. Do everything needed to curb this menace or we as a nation will face massive problems in the future. We are already in a big mess and inflation, property prices problem as well as essentials scarcity etc. are also due to the same.
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