/sci/ - Science & Math

"No civilization can possibly survive to an interstellar spacefaring phase unless it limits its numbers. Any society with a marked population explosion will be forced to devote all its energies and technological skills to feeding and caring for the population on its home planet. This is a very powerful conclusion and is in no way based on the idiosynchrasies of a particular civilization. On any planet, no matter what its biology or social system, an exponential increase in population will swallow every resource. Conversely, any civilization that engages in serious interstellar exploration and colonization must have exercised zero population growth or something very close to it for many generations. But a civilization with a low population growth rate will take a long time to colonize many worlds, even if the strictures on rapid population growth are eased after reaching some lush Eden."

Carl Sagan, <span class="math">Cosmos[/spoiler], 1980.

DDTs have successfully obliterated malaria and typhus in north america and Europe. However, environmentalists want to ban it in Africa and Asia, we thousands die of malaria, just because DDTs are "bad" for the environment. Without insecticides, food would be more susceptible to plagues and we would get less yield of our crops, thus allowing to feed the 7 billion people on this planet, yet they want to ban them and make everyone consume "organic" food because they claim is better, and they claim the world is "overpopulated" so as justify the likely famines getting rid of those chemicals would cause.

Explain yourselves, environmentalists.

Where are the mods? Wow... they're useless at dealing with trolls.

Anyways, have a look at this picture: check and mate biatch. Unless you're going to start ranting about how it's a computer generated image created by the Zionist Illuminati conspiracy that controls every human being on this planet except for you.

Are there any agreed-upon solutions to global warming, with specific plans layed out?

If so, how much would they cost?

Hippie bullshit or startling wake-up call?

https://apps.facebook.com/theguardian/uk/2002/jul/07/research.waste?fb_source=other_multiline&fb
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Hi, I'm a geography university freshman.

Just watched BBC series about the power of the planet, found it very interesting and useful.

Got any other geography (or related fields like climatology) documentaries?

Thanks.

>>2424246
My planet is 4.54 billions years old

beat that bitches

hey /sci/ do you feel more aware yet?