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Originally posted by Aelia Jusa:
"irrigating the interior?"
This is a terrible idea. World population is well above sustainable levels as it is; steps should be made to slow population growth not ruin ecosystems with some view to fit more people in. Scientists are even now considering the option of changing the atmosphere of Mars in order to colonise it, since, and this is some people's view, the world is not savable, and this surely is unethical and not helpful to solving the problem of overpopulation. Why do these countries have asylum seekers? Many because they are severly overcrowded and can't sustain their population as well as having oppressive governments.
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Why is this such a terrible solution? There was once water in Lake Eyre, why should there not be again? Have you even been out there? Were you aware for example that the Sahara desert for one, GROWS EACH YEAR. The Mauritanian govt have programs that reclaim roads taken by the desert, and grows food from salt water.
Israel have irrigated parts of their deserts. Heck, we have denuded much of the environment and created virtual deserts where concrete exists. Why not give something back?
Also I strongly disagree with any sentiment about world population being above sustainable levels. First of all because it admits defeat and that the only solution is human death, and secondly because it is mismanagement, the automobile, and human greed, not human numbers that has caused the problem. There is more than enough food to go around. Farmers in the west are paid not to grow crops. Wheat has been dumped in the ocean to maintain market value before now. We grow millions of cows that produce methane (poo) and consume more than their share of grain, so that we can eat meat each night. (One cows grain diet is supposed to feed an entire african village)
Look at all the problems and the various solutions before blaming overpopulation. That is avoidist nonsense in my opinion.
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[This message has been edited by Yorick (edited 09-03-2001).]