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And yet when the question of how many is too many is asked, he wants a headcount, instead of the much more relevant information that relates to the impact and sustainability of those people on the biosphere.

This graphic shows why you cant measure overpopulation by a headcount

Interactive Map: Four Ways to Look at Carbon Footprints

As ive said before 10 hills tribesmen from papua new guinea, or 20 "lost" tribesmen of south america dont have the same resource usage as 1 person living in London or Sydney.

You cant simply count the number of people to determine overpopulation, you have to factor in the lifestyle they live and thus impact of the planetary resources.

And the problem is in thouse countrys where that per person resource footprint is low, they want to live like we do in the developed west

http://www.populationmatters.org/documents/sustainability_populations.pdf

<blockquote data-quote="mike" data-source="post: 194141" data-attributes="member: 9271">And yet when the question of how many is too many is asked, he wants a headcount, instead of the much more relevant information that relates to the impact and sustainability of those people on the biosphere.&nbsp;&nbsp;This graphic shows why you cant measure overpopulation by a headcount&nbsp;&nbsp;<img src="http://www.gulgasht.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/Per-Capita.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" />&nbsp;<a href="http://environment.nationalgeographic.com/environment/energy/great-energy-challenge/global-footprints/" target="_blank">Interactive Map: Four Ways to Look at Carbon Footprints</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;As ive said before 10 hills tribesmen from papua new guinea, or 20 &quot;lost&quot; tribesmen of south america dont have the same resource usage as 1 person living in London or Sydney.&nbsp;You cant simply count the number of people to determine overpopulation, you have to factor in the lifestyle they live and thus impact of the planetary resources.&nbsp;And the problem is in thouse countrys where that per person resource footprint is low, they want to live like we do in the developed west&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="http://www.populationmatters.org/documents/sustainability_populations.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.populationmatters.org/documents/sustainability_populations.pdf</a></blockquote>

[QUOTE="mike, post: 194141, member: 9271"] And yet when the question of how many is too many is asked, he wants a headcount, instead of the much more relevant information that relates to the impact and sustainability of those people on the biosphere. This graphic shows why you cant measure overpopulation by a headcount [IMG]http://www.gulgasht.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/Per-Capita.jpg[/IMG] [URL='http://environment.nationalgeographic.com/environment/energy/great-energy-challenge/global-footprints/']Interactive Map: Four Ways to Look at Carbon Footprints[/URL] As ive said before 10 hills tribesmen from papua new guinea, or 20 "lost" tribesmen of south america dont have the same resource usage as 1 person living in London or Sydney. You cant simply count the number of people to determine overpopulation, you have to factor in the lifestyle they live and thus impact of the planetary resources. And the problem is in thouse countrys where that per person resource footprint is low, they want to live like we do in the developed west [url]http://www.populationmatters.org/documents/sustainability_populations.pdf[/url] [/QUOTE]

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