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Originally Posted by Lindy
There is a lot of anger in me (and others, I'm sure) that American family farmers should be asked to change their diet because someplace like Indonesia is already populated to three times what their own ecosystem can sustain, and is unable to deal with that.  Continued overpopulation will eventually push all or most of the world into anarchy, and although some cheer its approach, in anarchy nothing is sustainable. |
As far as sustainability is concerned, it's my understanding that it's the American food and energy consumption in particular that's a major problem. Indonesia is a blip on the radar compared to the U.S. Indonesia's problem is self-sustainability, not overall impact on global sustainability.
The thing about the U.S. to keep in mind is that they're blessed with a disproportionately large land mass with a high proportion of it arable land. Despite this, Americans place far more pressure on the ecosystem than any other people in the world, and in many cases they do so more than several nations combined.
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