Population is decreasing faster than ever, it seems. Fertility rates in the west are plummetting, at least in the indiginous populations. The middle east has had so many wars over the last decades that population must have decreased somewhat. Maybe the other regions are making up the difference. If I had to put money on it, I'd say worldwide population decrease is the norm recently, in my opinion, generally, not politically ( I don't have numbers).
If it was decided by big corporations to remove plastics because of their environmental impact, the masses would be glad if there was a replacement. The system unfortunately went down many negative routes in production. I think the general mass of people were just too weary with all the work hours to survive. The power to change environmental things was in the corporations hands, mostly. They created the plastics and mass produced them. Humanity should probably have stuck to the old ways of farming, growing & hunting but we are where we are, and over the generations, I think many allowances were allowed that shouldn't have been, so responsibility is on all of us really.Pessimistic. Supremely. At least, when it comes to humanity and our continued existence.
Then again, I studied Environmental Science in school, with a focus on Sustainability and Sustainable Ecosystems. Know the Gorillaz album Plastic Beach? I've seen virtually the same damn thing in real life. On multiple continents, in countries both industrialized and not.
We have such a beautiful planet, but all we want to do is trash it. That shouldn't be too much of a surprise, because we love to trash ourselves, too! Smoking. Drinking. Junk food. Sodas. And, of course, prescription and recreational drugs. How can we honestly expect people to take care of the planet when so many of us can't even take care of ourselves?
In saying all that, provided there's no asteroid or other cosmic cataclysm, I actually feel pretty good about the overall future of the world... just after a few million years, when humanity has wiped itself out completely
Sure do! Just have to look in the mirror
In reality population is not decreasing, its increasing rate gets lower. So it's still increasing but the decrease is not in a significant way. Perhaps there will be like few years longer difference for the population to reach to another 1 billion compared to the previous one.
It isn't just the West. It's everywhere. Mostly following urbanisation. The Middle East itself has had quite a decline in fertility rates, but they remain higher than in Western nations, so many people commenting on the difference don't realise it. Most of the region was sitting around 7 births per woman in the beginning of this century. Nowadays.
@job32 This isn't the place for this kind of conversation. It's political fear-mongering, and should only be voiced privately via DM, or preferably, on a different platform altogether.
Do what you will..
Isn't it said that " It's always darkest before the dawn ". Pessimism won't help too much. Realism that things are dark and may very well change in the future, is a better way of looking at it. Gotta try to be aware of your own issues and situation, to begin with.
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