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Originally Posted by cmac2012
I think this is overly optimistic. We're losing as many species on average per year as took place in most of the previous species collapses. A sign of lowered fertility on the planet in general.
The oceans are in deep trouble and I see few signs of them being given a break in most parts of the world any time soon. And there is no escaping the coming fresh water crisis. Already starting.
Optimism is often a good thing but it has to be solidly founded.
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If you are talking pollution, that is partially dictated by population, more by HOW things are done than how often.
It is the concentration of population that creates scarce resources in those areas.
Loss of species is unrelated to our population, unless we eat them out of existence. They keep identifying new species. And you say species disappear faster now than before, well what caused that to happen before? Wasn't humans. It was nature.
The next ice age will wipe out a lot of species as did every other ice age. This should be an interesting time becasue humans will have to migrate a long way over time, and in that case, space might become tight. But that will be a LONG time from now, no telling what sort of technology will exist at that time.