"Rudolph_X" wrote in message
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Folks complain about over-population, of too many people and not enough
jobs, resources, etc. Let's face it, people are not going to stop
procreating, so the over-population problem is just going to contine to
escalate.

Historically, the solution governments used to control over population
was to kill off vast numbers of peoples, usually by starting great wars
where millions were culled off untill population levels reached
manageable proportions.

We need to devise methods and provide incentives to governments and
peoples to stop the killing and colonize the Universe instead.

The colonization of Mars would be a great place to start.

Assuming we could do that tomorrow and put as many people
on Mars as there are on Earth, if the population is doubling
every 50 years then all you have done is postpone the problem
for 50 years, and then you have twice the number of people
procreating and kids to cull. If we could do the same for
another 6 planets in the Solar System, you can buy another
100 years after Mars (8 planets = 2^3 = 3*50 years).

Then what? Another star system of 8 planets in the next 50
years, two more in the following 50 and so on? In the meantime
the people left on each planet still have to solve the social
problems of living in a finite-resource environment. All the
colonisation of Mars would do is give us an excuse for not
facing the real problem and leaving it for the next generation,
something at which politicians are quite good enough already.

In reality population growth is slowing and nobody knows why
so the current concern is a population collapse. You need to
update your doom scenario.

George