David Suzuki speaks about overpopulation

David Suzuki speaks about world populations and how growth, is ultimately suicidal.

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[kingdavidb]

Maybe we can grow? the universe is ever expanding. Not saying it's impossible, not saying it's possible... who knows?

[tehmulletman]

@kingdavidb well the thing is there's only so much material available on a single planet. more people and things=less material. ever hear of the great dustbowl? thats gonna be the whole planet if things continue.

[kingdavidb]

@tehmulletman Yes & No, Innovation creates abundance whereas schools teach people that everything is scarce... It is but because of innovation there is really unlimited resources (in some ways)

[tehmulletman]

@kingdavidb not true...if we use for a simple example some iron ore to make plates we cannot use the iron again it is lost. we can recycle it but we do not get 100% of the material back so eventually we are left with nothing.

[simplycomplicated333]

wooow, why does this video only have 25 views??? it's funny, the important things relating to our lives get ignored, but everybody has to know what Justin Biebers up too. This world is completely fucked.

[tehmulletman]

@simplycomplicated333 isnt that the truth...

[theforestero]

Humans as the food supply for the new species....the worlds not screwed, then.yay!!

[theforestero]

What he does not tell you is....we'd need to find ecosystems on some other planet to multiply from.or a bacteria would have to use humans as the food supply...humans as the food supply for a new species.there our (?) problems of limited ecosystems over.

[d1v1n3ebp]

For anyone who challenges human population growth rates, I urge you to graph world population beginning at even 1 A.D. forward. You will prove yourself incorrect. The self importance adopted by the majority of humanity doesn't allow them to acknowledge the importance of death in a scenario of sustainability, which is what is causing this imbalance. If you only devote your attention to one half of a cycle, that behavior creates an imbalance that is undeniable.

[Harvidz]

the animations are missing. That's why there are black empty parts.

[4fitter27]

@Knowthypsych David Suzuki is a brilliant scientist* paid by the CBC* to inform people about the corrupt and self-destructive nature of their own way of life. Overpopulation is inevitable*.

[burnboyy]

I have so many teachers at WWU refute this on the "the Malthusian blah blah has never panned out" and up until minute 59 it wont, how hard is it to understand?

[brettknoss]

This is not science. If prosperity of the population grows, if population grows, if population is stable but wealth grows it doesn't disprove the theory since the proponents of this argument could say disaster will come soon, even it never comes. The idea that humans grow faster than available resources is not proven by data. Economics is a science, data can show if a theory such as the theory of comparative advantage is true or false.

[brettknoss]

The scenario is not what the earth is. Yes resources are finte, there is only so much earth, there is only so much sun, in 8 billion years the sun will die out, but that doesn't mean exploitable resources are fixed. As new technology is developed new resources are created, ie. shale gas, while new technologies allow resources to be better managed. Modern fertilizers and innoculants allow industrialized countries to grow more food on half the land.

[LinkKaiba]

@snooppeterd well its not that I think the population is going to grow exponentially ... IT IS GROWING EXPONENTIALLY, and it has been for a long time (lately around 1.2% per year).... food production has doubled or tripled?, i dont know what you are comparing that to, but the fact is that more than 2 billion people live with less than $2 a day and food prices are rising (because demand is higher than supply) ... I guess it is you who needs to know the facts, 1.2% per year is EXPONENTIAL GROWTH