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Originally posted by Yorick:
I disagree. Not all cultures exploited the earth with the disregard ours does today and has done for ages. Sadly all of those perished at the hands of city dwelling cultures. Without the advantage of technology, food levels and environmental factors create checks and balances that curb the explosive growth and sudden increase in demands. A fish only grows to the size it's tank allows.
Humans have survived on much less meat for example than we eat today. More demand for meat means more cows, more methane from cow poo (& bigger ozone hole), less grain for other foods, and more land used for growing cows.
Solution - eat less meat. No need to be a vegitarian or vegan, just eat it much less.
But then that requires individual change doesn't it. We can't have that.
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The mere fact that you have to suggest changes in lifestlye to accomodate the increase in population shows that population growth is playing a major role.