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[ponchi101]

We were talking about world population in the tennis topic. Let's get it out of there.
Here is a related news:
India is about to pass China as the world's most populous country

To me, one interesting info: India's population is actually young: almost 50% of the people are below 25, while in China, it is "only" 25%. As Suliso pointed, China's population will start crashing soon (in historical terms, I don't mean Tuesday) whole India will still have some momentum.

[ti-amie]

[ponchi101]

But wait!
Germany voted to get rid of ALL ITS NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS! And now, they don't want the coal plants needed to replace that capacity? Solar and wind won't cut it, and Germany has no gas to speak of.
You have to think these things through.

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[ponchi101]

Ponchi's King for a Day dreams: if you DON'T want to be president/PM, you MUST remain president/PM.
Shows she was not driven by power.

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[ti-amie]

There was a discussion here about population and I apologize because I don't remember where the discussion was taking place. This fits right in with what was being discussed.

[Suliso]

Japan would need to change culturally and I have a hard time seeing it.

[ponchi101]

"If birth rate does not rise".
Or they become more tolerant of immigrants. Because birth rate will not rise in Japan, unless you outlaw contraception and get them to stop working 26 hours a day.

[Suliso]

Birth rates could rise a bit (to European or American levels), but it would require abandoning the all work male dominated culture. Just paying some money to couples who already want children certainly won't do it.

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