Sir David Attenborough warns that humans are 'a plague on the Earth'

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The 86-year-old broadcaster said the negative effects of climate change and population growth would cause disaster within next 50 years.

Sir David Attenborough has warned that the human race has become a "plague on the Earth".

The 86-year-old broadcaster said the negative effects of climate change and population growth would cause disaster within next 50 years.

He told the Radio Times: "It's coming home to roost over the next 50 years or so. It's not just climate change. It's sheer space, places to grow food for this enormous horde. Either we limit our population growth or the natural world will do it for us, and the natural world is doing it for us right now.

"We keep putting on programmes about famine in Ethiopia - that's what's happening. Too many people there. They can't support themselves - and it's not an inhuman thing to say. It's the case.

"Until humanity manages to sort itself out and get a co-ordinated view about the planet, it's going to get worse and worse."

Sir David is a patron of the charity Population Matters, which aims to limit population growth through programmes such as contraception drives.

Link: Sir David Attenborough warns that humans are 'a plague on the Earth' - Yahoo! News UK

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Sir David Frederick Attenborough OM, CH, CVO, CBE, FRS, FZS, FSA

Born: May 8, 1926 (age 86),

It is what happens when someone spends too long in the Freemasons!!!!!!

I may be sceptical that we may not have to wait 50 years for disaster to happen it?s happening now, we are already into the third world war happening soon and this time it?s the nukes I am concern about?..

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tru what he says tho tbh, i dont think it will be nukes that kills a lot of us, it will be some type of disease the does a lot of us which has got no cure, and it will spread like wildfire throught the vastly over populated planet and with the "open door policy" which is in affect in a lot of countries there will be no controling it unless all international travel is stopped.

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Climate change hmmmmmmm? not what my garden says


i thought temperatures had actually cooled last few years



but yes overpopulation is going to be a major problem


as other countries develop too they will not want to be the rich countries crop slaves anymore and use land for other things

UK imports more foodstuffs than it can make there will be a time when it is a problem for lots of countries

what then ??

wars, famine or disease

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According to the met office the temperature has risen 0.7 degree c since 1900. Comes with being almost mid interglacial period, but that won't go down well with those who rely on grants for their scaremongering money. Overpopulation is the biggest problem to the extent where I'm not sure that sending goats every year to such countries is doing anyone a favour really.

Once oil runs out there'll be a stampede to use renewable sources of oil... from crops, and the more we grow for fuel the less we have to eat and the more expensive it gets. The planet cannot go on supporting an ever growing population, but then again the planet doesn't need us anyway it would be quite happy without us.

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According to the met office the temperature has risen 0.7 degree c since 1900. Comes with being almost mid interglacial period, but that won't go down well with those who rely on grants for their scaremongering money. Overpopulation is the biggest problem to the extent where I'm not sure that sending goats every year to such countries is doing anyone a favour really.

Once oil runs out there'll be a stampede to use renewable sources of oil... from crops, and the more we grow for fuel the less we have to eat and the more expensive it gets. The planet cannot go on supporting an ever growing population, but then again the planet doesn't need us anyway it would be quite happy without us.

i think as you say they have increased since 1900 but the last ten years or something are actally getting cooler


i read somewhere that the south pole was actually gettin colder as north was getting warmer


id be inclined to believe that its more to do with slight angle of rotation around sun or something similar


climate change what a load of crap ice been melting since last ice age not a 4 x 4 in sight either

how many ice ages we had? was there a reason it melted, did caveman not cook his brontosaurus in an eviromentaly friendly oven or just natural cycles

[gc1966]

According to the met office the temperature has risen 0.7 degree c since 1900. Comes with being almost mid interglacial period, but that won't go down well with those who rely on grants for their scaremongering money. Overpopulation is the biggest problem to the extent where I'm not sure that sending goats every year to such countries is doing anyone a favour really.

Once oil runs out there'll be a stampede to use renewable sources of oil... from crops, and the more we grow for fuel the less we have to eat and the more expensive it gets. The planet cannot go on supporting an ever growing population, but then again the planet doesn't need us anyway it would be quite happy without us.

the renewable oil from crops is already reality,land in argentina and south africa are prominent in this field with australia becoming a player as well.if you are brave enough to take a punt the rewards are roughly a 120% revenue return over a ten year period.a lot of uk pension funds are buying into them.

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the renewable oil from crops is already reality,land in argentina and south africa are prominent in this field with australia becoming a player as well.if you are brave enough to take a punt the rewards are roughly a 120% revenue return over a ten year period.a lot of uk pension funds are buying into them.

Takes a vast anount of space for what it produces though and if more people use this then crops will eventually suffer and in turn so will humans with less available food sources

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Takes a vast anount of space for what it produces though and if more people use this then crops will eventually suffer and in turn so will humans with less available food sources

not strictly correct m8,

a lot of the land was never and will never be arable so food crops do not diminish,the land is irrigated to facillitate the growth of bio fuel only and would not sustain an arable crop and as such can have no impact on existing farmland.

like i said originally a lot of money is already being pumped into this and the potential is massive.

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not strictly correct m8,

a lot of the land was never and will never be arable so food crops do not diminish,the land is irrigated to facillitate the growth of bio fuel only and would not sustain an arable crop and as such can have no impact on existing farmland.

like i said originally a lot of money is already being pumped into this and the potential is massive.

What crops make biofuel then?

i thought it was corn wheat sugar cane and soya beans

dont we eat them? If so the land can be farmed on


Dont think my lifetime will be any problem but someday both fuel and food supply will not be enough to sustain the growing population one will end up taking from the other

But yes you are correct in the share buying at minute its definately got mileage in it and is a growth industry

but its once it hits its peak there is no more room for growth

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What crops make biofuel then?

i thought it was corn wheat sugar cane and soya beans

dont we eat them? If so the land can be farmed on


Dont think my lifetime will be any problem but someday both fuel and food supply will not be enough to sustain the growing population one will end up taking from the other

But yes you are correct in the share buying at minute its definately got mileage in it and is a growth industry

but its once it hits its peak there is no more room for growth

soya appears to be the choice for the so called green oil market and the land is generally barren until irrigated to produce this one crop.because of the tax break incentives to produce these fuels, companies are prepared to invest where they would find converting it to arable land non viable.

unfortunately the cost of everything comes down to pounds,shillings and pence,even life.