Most times when Climate change or the Earth getting destroyed or Animal species dying, someone will come up with.
"we are to over populated"
So far I haven't really heard any reasonable ways this can be done.
Yes Yes we can kill the poor or the Muslims or go Mad Max style and let anarchy rule.
None of these ways are realistic.
I use the guideline of" if I want a depopulation would I be willing to support those measures if it involved my own family", would I want to see some of my grandchildren culled for the worlds sake, would I be happy to have no grandchildren.

Education is always the big one that you hear will change things.... will education stop a couple of horney teens from rooting or stop sexual abuse in a war.....
Contraception seems to be the best solution, maybe even putting it in the water of some places like fluoride (although there would be no choice there)
Let the women around the world have free access to contraceptives, that might do it.
We always seam to think of the 3rd world countries when we think of population problem but there are lots of other people in the world, so how about them.
Start to penalize people who have kids instead of rewarding them like we do in Australia.
Was china's solution of 1 child really so bad.

I'm sure there are reasonable ways to reduce the population and id love to hear them.

Bobby. wrote on Apr 28^th, 2019 at 7:40am:

so compulsory contraceptives for these people ?

DonDeeHippy wrote on Apr 28^th, 2019 at 8:16am:



Sterilization would be preferred.
We can't continue to breed faulty people in their billions.

Bobby. wrote on Apr 28^th, 2019 at 8:27am:


are you volunteering to go first?

There are many measures to reduce the population within the law.

lets see here are some,

Cigarettes

Why doesn't the government legislate so tabaco companies have to take out all the chemicals that aren't in natural tabaco, shelf life comes to mind.

Medicine, Pills & Co

After 70 years of age its up to the person whether they want the medication....its law....after 70 you're pretty much on the scrap heap, if you decide no more pills then happy birthday to you.

After 80 if you get hospitalized you're pretty much f@rked....lucky to get out alive, would have to be a strong old fella or gal...they asses and administer whether the patient can take it is another matter.

I should add that if you're lucky to be in the 1% or associated with them or just filthy rich this doesn't apply to you.

United Nations

Preaching to the world that homosexuality and transgenderism is natural for humans and is part of nature

Turn as much of the population as possible into gays, no babies born by these people

Nothing can be further from the truth, being homosexual is going against nature.

The_Barnacle wrote on Apr 28^th, 2019 at 11:36am:



Your current lifestyle, which I'm sure you'd be unwilling to surrender

was provided courtesty of northern Europeans

When did you decide to leave Oz for the trash piles of south east asia or the mud huts of Africa? 

but it's true that overpopulation will erode Western lifestyles, including yours, unless you're fortunate to die beforehand and leave the coming mess to your descendants

the planet is the equivalent of a paddock into which the greedy farmer squeezes more.  People in Oz, which has an enviable lifestyle compared to most, are beginning to feel the squeeze

do you see India or Africa et al coming up with a solution for your descendants?  If so, let us know

I can handle all the shitholes around the world breeding themselves out of existence but do they have to come here?

The_Barnacle wrote on Apr 28^th, 2019 at 12:04pm:



What's your solution?

The_Barnacle wrote on Apr 28^th, 2019 at 12:15pm:



Ok.  Off you go and educate the women in the 3rd world

then get started on the men in the 3rd world

and let us know how you fare with the leaders of the 3rd world who might have objections to your presuming to interfere

meanwhile, babies are landing at a rate of who knows how many per minute, worldwide

frankly, I think you're too late with your education solution

miketrees wrote on Apr 28^th, 2019 at 12:29pm:


Japan's already setting that agenda, Mike. An ageing population, no growth, declining wages.

Everybody keeps telling them, if they don't breed, they'll need to bring some in.

But do they listen? No.

Wacism, innit.

Laugh till you cry wrote on Apr 28^th, 2019 at 11:48am:



Hitler didn't invent those polices -
he was copying the Yanks before WW2.

miketrees wrote on Apr 28^th, 2019 at 12:29pm:


Nice if …..

a case of woulda, shoulda, coulda, I'm afraid

We're getting no say in population and immigration.  There's an agenda and we are voiceless, despite the belief of some that Australian politicians 'listen to the people'.  Sometimes they do, most times they don't. And when it comes to population/immigration, we're ignored apart from lip service and lies around election time

as far as Australia setting an example re population growth to the rest of the world --- sure, in a fairy-story

they're coming to Oz so stand aside

and when they've been in Oz for around three generations, they might get around to limiting their offspring, mostly because by then they'll have realised that less kids means more material wealth and 'better life'


meanwhile, they're popping them out like rabbits worldwide.  The woman in Uganda is an extreme example, sure, but why didn't that couple stop when they reached say, a dozen?  Couldn't be bothered going to town to access birth control -- but she manages to find dye for her hair?  Didn't want to endure the 'unnatural' sterilisation?  Enjoyed the notoriety?  Got more money for having more and more kids?  I do not believe that woman and her spouse were not advised by any of the do-good organisations, nor do I believe non of her neighbours told the do-good orgs about her ever increasing family.  She managed to get four houses to accomodate her offspring and almost certainly those four houses were not bought or built by her or her spouse

look at her kids.  They're wretched. And 'charities' beseech us to feed them?

How about our 'authorities' and 'charitable orgs' bring her and her giant ovaries to Australia for a better life?  And what if her daughters inherited her 'giant ovaries'?  Let's fill up Australia, boys.  It's a massive piece of land with room for billions seems to be the belief of those making the decisions while living in 50 million dollar homes on Sydney Harbour

we have to sterilise or genocide.  If not now, then in the not so distant future.  Or we'll all --- worldwide -- be fighting in the streets for water and food.  And that scenario is well on the way judging by the number of SWORD attacks and deaths in of all places ... Australia

PZ547 wrote on Apr 28^th, 2019 at 10:24am:

sounds like crap to me.

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/china-watch/society/decreasing-chinas-poverty/
The poverty rate, proportion of people living below the Chinese poverty line, had fallen among rural population from 97.5 percent in 1978 to 3.1 percent at the end of 2017

The author must of forgot about china...….

https://blog.giveindia.org/stories-of-hope/5-facts-about-poverty-in-india-that-w...

Forgot about India too it seams...….

just the USA is 5% of the population at 350 million, japan is 100 million , would be 100 million in northern Europe, where is link for this,
ive seen 80% being in poverty worldwide. SO yes you pointed out a problem what is your answer to fix it ?
Or is don't bring in Refugee's your answer ?

PZ547 wrote on Apr 28^th, 2019 at 12:19pm:

well if its not education what is your solution.....

DonDeeHippy wrote on Apr 29^th, 2019 at 7:59am:



They just don't need a piece of paper.

Population reduction proponents should step forward and lead by example by disposing of themselves in an environmentally friendly way.

Bobbi? Where are you?

The Reboot wrote on Apr 29^th, 2019 at 1:04pm:


Yes. So where do taxes come from if their are no jobs? if there are no jobs there are no industries.

https://www.positive.news/society/5-possible-solutions-overpopulation/

1. Empower women
Studies show that women with access to reproductive health services find it easier to break out of poverty, while those who work are more likely to use birth control. The United Nations Population Fund aims to tackle both issues at once, running microcredit projects to turn young women into advocates for reproductive health.

2. Promote family planning
Simply educating men and women about contraception can have a big impact. When Iran introduced a national family planning programme in 1989, its fertility rate fell from 5.6 births per woman to 2.6 in a decade. A similar effort in Rwanda saw a threefold increase in contraception usage in just five years.

3. Make education entertaining
The US-based Population Media Center gets creative to reach women. Its radio soap operas, which feature culturally specific stories about reproductive issues, have been heard by as many as 500 million people in 50 countries. In Ethiopia, 63 per cent of women seeking reproductive health services reported tuning in.

4. Government incentives
Those at UK charity Population Matters believe there should be a senior government official responsible for addressing population-related issues. They urge governments to promote “responsible parenthood” and say subsidies should be limited to the first two children unless the family is living in poverty.

5) One-child legislation
During China’s high controversial one-child policy, fertility fell from six births per woman in the 1960s to 1.5 in 2014. However, Amnesty International reports that the policy led to coerced or forced abortions and sterilisations. It also disrupted traditional support structures for the elderly and led to a gender imbalance.

DonDeeHippy wrote on May 13^th, 2019 at 7:38am:



No mention of patriarchal societies which would inhibit the empowering of women.

There is a solution though. Cheap electricity that would reduce the actual physical work done.

Bobby. wrote on May 13^th, 2019 at 3:18pm:



Most of them didn't intentionally produce kids.  Just a by-product of sex

Bobby. wrote on May 13^th, 2019 at 3:18pm:


Bobbi, you have to have sex with a female to create the opportunity. You must have been asleep in class when they taught that.

PZ547 wrote on May 13^th, 2019 at 3:35pm:



Some women get pregnant after having sex only once.
Men need to stop putting it in to them.
They need to read the Bible I suppose.

.

DonDeeHippy wrote on May 15^th, 2019 at 7:11am:


Yes.

lee wrote on May 15^th, 2019 at 11:53am:

Amazons