Birth Control ... Whats your thoughts?

[Egon]

Fertility Rates (Children per Family)

Just some statistics.

 

[Redbug]

And, now back to tractors! Naw! I'm having fun reading this and seeing some other opinions!

That's a pretty good link Egon!

 

[blueriver]

Fertility Rates (Children per Family)

Just some statistics.

Thats a very good link ... Thanks Egon.

 

[bcp]

And, now back to tractors! Naw! I'm having fun reading this and seeing some other opinions!

Are tractors being produced faster than they are being scrapped? How many years until there are enough for everyone to have all they want?

Bruce

 

[Pete Judd]

The simple answer is to educate the woman. Let them know what will happen, and get them employed as well. Will get the birth rate down real quick.

 

[art]

Birth control will not be something to worry about in this country. What is a problem is the uneducated countries in asia with exploding populations such as India.

I think we could start here and stop paying with our welfare system to breed stupidity!

 

[marimus]

I heard a doctor on the radio talking about that 7 billion figure. He stated that there are now more people alive on this planet, then have ever lived. :confused2:

 

[Gale Hawkins]

Disease and starvation historically have been effective in population control.

 

[Redneck in training]

Disease and starvation historically have been effective in population control.

The problem is that not many people starve to death anymore. They might be hungry but not dying.

 

[om21braz]

This is evolution folks and the strong will survive - but it isn't going to be pretty when push comes to shove.

If this be the case, where did our morality evolve from? Are some people more morally evolved than others? Who are those people? Just legitimate questions here - no harm nor malice intended.

 

[Egon]

One might note that how the family system operates may be a factor.

In countries with declining birthrate the family has a tendency to move away from the parents and have both spouce's working. School also takes away children. Means that babysitting is not freely available and cost's money meaning parents must spend more time earning money and the children will start having families at an older age.

The expextations of people may have also increased requireing more work time.

Home based opinion with no verifying facts.

Europe, Canada, Japan cannot replicate itself without employing immigration as a means of maintaining their respective work forces./QUOTE]

This statment is interesting as it kinda states that the population must escalate in an exponential maner which is not a sustainable manner. Would this type of statment be made by the Industrialist in order to increase their base power center??

 

[CrownHawg]

I heard a doctor on the radio talking about that 7 billion figure. He stated that there are now more people alive on this planet, then have ever lived. :confused2:

Really? Did he mean BEFORE NOW? This statement makes absolutely no sense. The real number of total lived on this planet is more like 106 billion.

 

[Larry Caldwell]

The problem is that not many people starve to death anymore. They might be hungry but not dying.

About 1 billion people live on an inadequate diet, but only about 1 million starved to death last year, though another 5 million children died because of malnutrition. That was not because there isn't enough food, but because political considerations made it impossible to get the food to them.

We may be running on a rock, though. Adequate food production requires lots of fertilizer, and we are running out of phosphate rock. Substitute supplies are going to be more expensive, which will raise food costs. When you raise food costs, the poor get hungrier until they starve.

 

[charlz]

I don't remember what class it was in college but we discussed population growth as it relates to economics. When you look at a graphic depiction of a countries population by age you can tell how old/advanced/developed/whatever the country is.

A third world country looks like a pyramid with a really wide bottom. Having lots of children doesn't have much cost and you get free labor to help feed the family. 'Social Security' is achieved by having lots of children to support you in your old age. If you have 10 kids and they all send home $10/month you have $100/month to support you. You also don't live that long.

As a countries economy develops it becomes more and more expensive to raise children... so people have less of them and the pyramid isn't as broad at the bottom and it may even start to look more like a column as the older people live longer. Social Security type programs are developed by the government and people no longer have to rely on their children to provide for them in their old age.

When you get to an advanced stage it starts to be narrower at the bottom than it is at the top. People have elected to never have children etc. These countries start to recruit 'outside blood' to provide working age people so the economy can keep going and fund social security programs. You actually see this happening in some European countries today.

 

[creekbend]

Really? Did he mean BEFORE NOW? This statement makes absolutely no sense. The real number of total lived on this planet is more like 106 billion.

Home - Population Reference Bureau

 

[Car Doc]

I am pro life and anti goobermint - birth control takes self control period.

 

[beppington]

Fertility Rates (Children per Family)

Just some statistics.

Data not available in New Zealand ... Hmm, that's weird.

It's not like they can't be contacted. My buddy & his wife live there & I speak to them using Skype at least once a month! :thumbsup:

 

[JB4310]

Well that 7 billionth person was born last night.

7 Billionth Person Born (Or Maybe More. Or Less. Who Knows?) | Fox News

That would be an interesting title to have

JB