tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post2838127297941347735..comments2024-03-22T05:20:44.167-07:00Comments on The Disaffected Lib: The Extinction Barometer - 50% in 2014 - 60% in 2018The Mound of Soundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-20715598367946962102018-10-30T15:23:00.230-07:002018-10-30T15:23:00.230-07:00Well, Toby, we're certainly steering our grand...<br />Well, Toby, we're certainly steering our grandkids toward a somewhat dystopian future. And we're getting really good, astonishingly good, at looking the other way.The Mound of Soundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-3050550162317809892018-10-30T14:40:34.344-07:002018-10-30T14:40:34.344-07:00A few weeks ago there was someone on the radio plu...A few weeks ago there was someone on the radio plugging a theory that Canada should grow to one hundred million people. Oh people say, Canada has lots of room. Ask anyone. When we fly over Canada we can see lots of empty space. Unfortunately, it's not exactly empty. Wherever we look there is something or someone already occupying that space. When humans move in we do so like locusts and army ants; we swarm and consume and/or destroy everything in our paths. Every house, barn, store or sky scraper, every road or highway, even bycicle paths represent places that used to belong to plants and animals. The question becomes, how much more destruction will we tolerate in order to grow our population? <br /><br />Personally, I think Canada is already over-populated. Put simply, we cannot feed ourselves. Prior to about 1960 almost every small town was food self sufficient and most cities depended on outlying farms. <br />Since then suburban development became more profitable than farming so the farms were ripped up, built upon and paved over. We now depend on very long haul sources for food. When the corporate food chain is unable to source from suppliers suffering from drought, fire or flood Canadians will have to adjust their diets. Tobynoreply@blogger.com