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[TallDarkAndHands...]

You mean 1 billion dead other than yourself? How thoughtful of you.

Nah - You can include me if you like. As long as I sneezed on you.

[Penelope]

Nah - You can include me if you like. As long as I sneezed on you.

Now now, play nicely boys.

[Newbelly]

If I can begin to steer things back to topic....

An ageing population is a huge issue for us, but also for China where their "1 baby" policy is leaving them with a huge care issue. I saw the other day (on a TV programme) that there are c.100,000 people employed as "carers" in China, estimates suggest they need 10 Million.

Back in Europe, what legacy is being left to the young? Is not that all the more reason that we get things sorted now and not simply pass on the debt?

[TallDarkAndHands...]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Pianka

"I believe it is only a matter of time until microbes once again assert control over our population, since we are unwilling to control it ourselves. This idea has been espoused by ecologists for at least four decades and is nothing new. People just don't want to hear it... I do not bear any ill will toward humanity. However, I am convinced that the world WOULD clearly be much better off without so many of us... We need to make a transition to a sustainable world. If we don't, nature is going to do it for us in ways of her own choosing. By definition, these ways will not be ours and they won't be much fun. Think about that."

[Cognosco]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Pianka

"I believe it is only a matter of time until microbes once again assert control over our population, since we are unwilling to control it ourselves. This idea has been espoused by ecologists for at least four decades and is nothing new. People just don't want to hear it... I do not bear any ill will toward humanity. However, I am convinced that the world WOULD clearly be much better off without so many of us... We need to make a transition to a sustainable world. If we don't, nature is going to do it for us in ways of her own choosing. By definition, these ways will not be ours and they won't be much fun. Think about that."

Nature always seems to find a way to control a species that gets out of control. Mother nature develops a new strain of something that lives off of the species that is getting out of control. Virus or bacteria will control the humans species one way or another I suspect, if lobbing nuclear missiles at one another doesn't do it first of course?