Nov 7, 2009 4:44:31 PM cite

The reason I ask this, is because the government pays farmers not to farm. We spend over 1 billion dollars to pay people not to farm. I do understand the economics of this. But why couldn't we pay them TOO farm, and donate the crops to charities that need food. It never hits the market to cause inflation because it bypasses the market by donating it. People are fed and "happy". But this goes back to my recent posting. Feed people and stimualte the population, which would result in the need for more housing and more food, or is this simply a way of population control?

by Roark Thurston

Nov 11, 2009 12:32:29 PM cite

If people know their children will survive, they tend to have less of them. Would that slow down growth enough to sustain the human population? I don't know. We should probably figure out how to terraform the moon and build giant farms there. Then we leave it to younger generations to figure out the problem. You see I have it all thought out.

by Jsunlight

Nov 7, 2009 11:29:11 PM cite

the world wont be able to sustain humans for much longer. nature will balance things out eventually. one day our civilization will be a myth just like atlantis. i dont think it will be the end of humans i think it will be the begining of the newly evolved humans.

by lice