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ballot no 67368

prediction : technology : APPROACHING SUSTAINABLE POPULATION LIMITS?

[+] serious ballot by Cathexis

"Carrying capacity" is a Biology term that refers to the number of individuals of any given species who can be supported in a given area within natural resource limits.

When a population of animals exceeds the carrying capacity of its environment, the population ... "crashes." That is, the numbers decrease suddenly and drastically; the species sometimes goes extinct, after a crash.

The carrying capacity for any given area is not fixed. It can be altered by improved technology. The carrying capacity for humans has been raised several times in Human history:

* The Agricultural Revolution
* The Industrial Revolution
* The Computer/ Information Age

For each significant technologic advance, the number of humans that could be supported rose exponentially.

But ... in each case, human populations continued to grow, unabated and at ever-increasing rates. The environment continued to be used as an inexhaustible resource, available solely for the use of humans. Due to increasing population numbers, technological eras had to come ever more quickly.

Signs that a population is nearing their environment's carrying capacity include: Rise in anti-social behaviors (e.g., crime, theft, aggression, murder), sexual deviations, and neurotic behaviour.

Do you believe humans may be nearing the current Carrying Capacity of Earth?

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Submitted on : Feb 10,2005 4:08:07 pm