Human saturation limit
Discussion
I suppose we all get used to the amount of 'space' we have. The chinese and city dwellers being more used to the lack thereof.
Any guesses, as to how much longer it will be, before we run out of space. What happens when we "run out" anyway.
I'll bet that in 50 years time, not only will 'breeding restricictions' be in place, but england will be a lot smaller than we are currently accustomed to it being.
Any guesses, as to how much longer it will be, before we run out of space. What happens when we "run out" anyway.
I'll bet that in 50 years time, not only will 'breeding restricictions' be in place, but england will be a lot smaller than we are currently accustomed to it being.
UK is not all that densely populated (well cities of course but that's the same everywhere). When I lived there for about 6 years, it always struck you how much space you actually still have (I'm dutch). Some more people will easily fit... The question might be how much land you need to sustain a person but that's a wholly different one and should not be seen on a national scale. I suppose it depends in how much you want and need to invest in feeding populations. But again, no worries whatsoever for the UK for the foreseeabl future...
www.geohive.com/charts/charts.php?xml=world&xsl=pop_density
www.geohive.com/charts/charts.php?xml=world&xsl=pop_density
parrot of doom said:
Demographics show a decrease in population in this country over the next 50 years or so, with many more pensioners around than young people to pay for it all.
Theres plenty of space in this island - its mainly those in the SE that seem to think we're heading for meltdown.
That may have been a forecast made some time ago before the recent upsurge in immigration. I believe the current forcast is for the population to increase to around 65 million.
As for there being plenty of space the SE is one of the most densly populated places on the planet, which is why we are more worried about the problem.
Hmm, Soylent Green anyone?
I think we are a long way off saturation. The question really is how much compromise and reduction in quality of life we are prepared to put up with, and perhaps more importantly whether we we in fact still have any say when that point is reached. And even if we had any say, would anyone listen? If someone did listen, would they be able to do anything?
No, we will sail on past the sensible point to stop population explosion. Inertia and political correctness will see to that. We'll all end up living in accomodation modules (think 5th Element) and living on processed junk that we have no idea of the origins of (the aformentioned Soylent Green). We'll be fed a diet of junk TV of ever increasing voilence and sensationalism to numb our senses (The Running Man).
Actually, with "Starter Homes", McDonalds and Big Brother we are well on the way already.
I think we are a long way off saturation. The question really is how much compromise and reduction in quality of life we are prepared to put up with, and perhaps more importantly whether we we in fact still have any say when that point is reached. And even if we had any say, would anyone listen? If someone did listen, would they be able to do anything?
No, we will sail on past the sensible point to stop population explosion. Inertia and political correctness will see to that. We'll all end up living in accomodation modules (think 5th Element) and living on processed junk that we have no idea of the origins of (the aformentioned Soylent Green). We'll be fed a diet of junk TV of ever increasing voilence and sensationalism to numb our senses (The Running Man).
Actually, with "Starter Homes", McDonalds and Big Brother we are well on the way already.
It always amazes me that when you look down from an aircraft, there seems to be loads of green space.
I wonder what % of *usable* land is actually built on, in England/UK? I've got a number of 7% in my head, but don't know where that came from.
>> Edited by deva link on Monday 3rd October 10:38
I wonder what % of *usable* land is actually built on, in England/UK? I've got a number of 7% in my head, but don't know where that came from.
>> Edited by deva link on Monday 3rd October 10:38
deva link said:
It always amazes me that when you look down from an aircraft, there seems to be loads of green space.
I wonder what % of *usable* land is actually built on, in England/UK? I've got a number of 7% in my head, but don't know where that came from.
>> Edited by deva link on Monday 3rd October 10:38
I seem to recall reading that only 5% of the UK is covered in roads...
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