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Originally Posted by Willravel
I have to disagree. Even though I have serious concerns about overpopulation, no ethical solution exists for the problem.
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Actually, there is! Education for women. When a country's women are educated, the total fertility rate of that country decreases.
I don't think we have a food crisis yet. As roachboy suggested, some countries (like India) have had population explosions after the introduction of commercial agriculture (the so-called Green Revolution, though I don't really see anything "green" about it), yet in these same countries, famine still occurs. The problem isn't really in food production, but in how this food is distributed. Because of globalization, this food does not always stay in the country where it was produced or go to feed portions of the population that need it; instead it gets sold in the free market to the highest bidder.
We need to reevaluate how food is treated as a commodity, because ultimately, it isn't just a commodity--it's a necessity of life.