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Thread ID: 114830 2010-12-19 02:36:00 We need more people here Digby (677) PC World Chat
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1163272 2010-12-19 20:36:00 OK

Japan is the same size as NZ and has very few natural resources but they have 100 million people, and I think their standard of living is probably much higher than ours.

(may be not quality of life, pollution huge cities etc)
But I am only advocating say 12 million people not 100 million.
Digby (677)
1163273 2010-12-19 20:38:00 So go to Japan then!!! Snorkbox (15764)
1163274 2010-12-19 20:56:00 OK

Japan is the same size as NZ and has very few natural resources but they have 100 million people, and I think their standard of living is probably much higher than ours.

(may be not quality of life, pollution huge cities etc)
But I am only advocating say 12 million people not 100 million.

Japan had a couple thousand years head start on us and tried to take over the pacific with force, that failed but they rose up thanks to the country that defeated them to become a major industrial nation.

You did not answer the question of where our millions of extra people is going to come from?
coldfront (15814)
1163275 2010-12-19 21:05:00 Japan had a couple thousand years head start on us and tried to take over the pacific with force, that failed but they rose up thanks to the country that defeated them to become a major industrial nation.

You did not answer the question of where our millions of extra people is going to come from?

England and South Africa.
Cicero (40)
1163276 2010-12-19 21:10:00 Prefect did. Although immigration would be less costly.

I reckon a few million more would be good.
wratterus (105)
1163277 2010-12-19 21:20:00 Ahh but if you lowered the immigration standards then you would be getting the wrong sort of people and you would be complaining more. Not exactly a flood of Brits (I included Scotland, Wales Cicero) and South Africans flooding into NZ. When they do you complain about them as well.

Heres a fantastic idea which you may like!

Ban contraception and **** like rabbits :thumbs:
coldfront (15814)
1163278 2010-12-19 21:22:00 So go to Japan then!!!

Only if you come with me
Digby (677)
1163279 2010-12-19 21:24:00 Only if you come with me

But I'm not the one wanting to live with more population am I.
Snorkbox (15764)
1163280 2010-12-19 22:30:00 OK

Japan is the same size as NZ and has very few natural resources but they have 100 million people, and I think their standard of living is probably much higher than ours.

(may be not quality of life, pollution huge cities etc)
But I am only advocating say 12 million people not 100 million.
The Japanese is very conservative in their way of living. The way that Kiwis live (and other Westerners in general) is very, very wasteful and extravagant. Not only that, the Japanese have a history of effective top down management system that conserves their natural resources (i.e., timber, which their past leadership is famous for).

There is no way even with NZ's fertile land and booming fisheries (which will quickly collapse but for our current management) that we can sustain the same number of people here as in Japan if we continue our lives the way it is.
qazwsxokmijn (102)
1163281 2010-12-19 22:45:00 In a nutshell it is not how many people we have living in this country but how we are part of the global market. We create the problems we have by comparing ourselves to other countries and not looking after ourselves and our jobs. Unfortuanately we are getting caught up in other countrys over population problems.

New Zealand probably has the best chance of survival in a global catastrophy like the so called Pandemics that have been used to strike fear into the worlds hearts in recent years. Simply because of its low volume population!

More people equals more problems and risk!
coldfront (15814)
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