BBC Horizon - How Many People Can Live on Planet Earth? Must SEE

"In a Horizon special, naturalist Sir David Attenborough investigates whether the world is heading for a population crisis.

In his lengthy career, Sir David has watched the human population more than double from 2.5 billion in 1950 to nearly seven billion. He reflects on the profound effects of this rapid growth, both on humans and the environment.

While much of the projected growth in human population is likely to come from the developing world, it is the lifestyle enjoyed by many in the West that has the most impact on the planet. Some experts claim that in the UK consumers use as much as two and a half times their fair share of Earth's resources.

Sir David examines whether it is the duty of individuals to commit not only to smaller families, but to change the way they live for the sake of humanity and planet Earth. "

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[sarahlivesey]

Thanks for your great insight

[qYp88]

ww 3 is on his way to solve the problem !

[aeolus75]

Big thanks from Paris for sharing the video :))

[NewUser21111]

with 7 billion and counting and with oil, food, and water getting more expensive...yeah were all screwed. We need a zombie apocalypse pronto.

[NixonAre]

well it is a problem but, if we joined forces and stoped using mony. it whod proberbly be an easyer life for all of us.

shering all of the goods. insted a small part called the elite have most of the mostly usless mony and ovn most of the resorses. im not stigmatising Bill gates, but do he realy need all that cash to live?

[phillips78]

@usergently It appears you cannot tell the difference between voluntary contraception and eugenics.

[phillips78]

A great BBC doc, more on this topic at "One Planet, One Child" and "Overconsumpulation".

[usergently]

Eugenics propaganda. And by the way old man, kill yourself, then your sorrows will melt away.

[evilmickey100]

stop fucking indian and china

[dijoyjoe]

@BLAZING85 twat

[BLAZING85]

I say the US should go use its weapons and go to war with all weak nations and kill off the any resistance so we can limit the population at the weak nations expense. In most cases it is the poor countries that breed like rabbits so why not have war with weak third world countries?

[ArcticSledgeTank]

space colonization is the answer

[MokomaSusi]

@2xRDA

Well, people who say that there is no "overpopulation problems" aren't very humanitarian neither.