Fascinating and useful fact thread

[TimberWolf]

Because I believe what you propose to be utter baloney.

Give me an example that shows any benefit to increasing the worlds population several fold.

Or indeed the UK's. You'll have to ask Vince Cable about that one, or old New Labour, or Dave.

[Mich the Tester]

Give me an example that shows any benefit to increasing the worlds population several fold.

Lots of people would be kept pleasurably busy trying.

[SupremeSpod]

Because I believe what you propose to be utter baloney.

Give me an example that shows any benefit to increasing the worlds population several fold.

AtW might finally get a girlfriend and spend less time on the forum?

[wobbegong]

Because I believe what you propose to be utter baloney.

Give me an example that shows any benefit to increasing the worlds population several fold.

An easily harvestable crop for carnivorous aliens?

[filthy1980]

Human Beings have taste buds in their lungs

FACT

so that's what linda lovelace was trying to do

[Mich the Tester]

AtW might finally get a girlfriend and spend less time on the forum?

[GreenLabel]

Because I believe what you propose to be utter baloney.

Give me an example that shows any benefit to increasing the worlds population several fold.

There doesn't need to be a benefit - I don't particularly care if there is or there isn't, because that's not what I'm arguing. Population growth will continue to occur naturally whether we like it or not.

I'm arguing that it's completely possible to sustain a much greater population with the resources at our disposal if we utilise them properly.

[fullyautomatix]

Gordon Brown is the greatest known living economist of all time.

FACT!

[TimberWolf]

There doesn't need to be a benefit - I don't particularly care if there is or there isn't, because that's not what I'm arguing. Population growth will continue to occur naturally whether we like it or not.

I'm arguing that it's completely possible to sustain a much greater population with the resources at our disposal if we utilise them properly.

We'd better be quick about it, because many of these advances in agriculture which I think you mention depend on oil, and that's being used at exponentially increasing (compounding a few % a year) rates.

[thunderlizard]

After years of lobbying from the pop lyrics industry, in the 1975 Entertainment Regulations Act, "crazy" was officially recognized to rhyme with "baby".