September 5Sep 5 https://nypost.com/2026/09/03/us-news/senior-citizens-outnumber-young-kids-across-the-world-for-first-time-in-human-history/It would be a blessing for the planet.Noel The tires are worn. The shocks are shot. The steering is wobbly. But the engine still runs fine.
September 6Sep 6 I don't think we'll go extinct. The world population is projected to peak at around 10 billion around 2050, I believe, and then slowly fall from there.We're over 8 billion now, so not too far to go. It's my opinion that a sustainable world population would be around 3-5 billion.There are some areas which are experiencing serious demographic decline due to a high percentage of elderly population and low birth rates. Asia and Southern Europe are among the worst. This puts a huge strain on resources as there are fewer and fewer young people to perform productive work and more and more old folks who must be taken care of by the dwindling number of young people. It remains to be seen how this will play out in the near to medium term, but the prognosis is not positive IMO. Africa remains the area with the highest birth rates, followed by Central Asia and Central America and Mexico, and that's where most of the population growth will come from. It's generally the poorest countries which have the highest birth rates.This is why, IMO, many countries have encouraged and facilitated high levels of immigration, 1)to slow down or reverse their demographic decline, and 2)to import cheap labor.Dave Simulator: P3Dv6.1 System Specs: Intel i7 13700K CPU, MSI Mag Z790 Tomahawk Motherboard, 32GB DDR5 6000MHz RAM, Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 Video Card, 3x 1TB Samsung 980 Pro M.2 2280 SSDs, Windows 11 Home OS My website for P3D stuff: https://sites.google.com/view/thep3dfiles/home
September 6Sep 6 22 hours ago, birdguy said:It would be a blessing for the planet.Speak for yourself, BTW. Dave Simulator: P3Dv6.1 System Specs: Intel i7 13700K CPU, MSI Mag Z790 Tomahawk Motherboard, 32GB DDR5 6000MHz RAM, Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 Video Card, 3x 1TB Samsung 980 Pro M.2 2280 SSDs, Windows 11 Home OS My website for P3D stuff: https://sites.google.com/view/thep3dfiles/home
September 6Sep 6 Commercial Member A very interesting talk on population, fossil fuel usage etc. Developer of Self-Loading Cargo - The Cabin Crew and Passenger Simulation Addon for MSFS, X-Plane, P3D and FSX
September 6Sep 6 Administrators Here it comes! 😱 Charlie AronAVSIM Board of Directors-ADMIN/Moderator-RegistrarJust going to run a Chromebook and not upgrade to a Windows computer. Too many problems with the new Sims! 😱Trying to keep peace and harmony and the will of Landru on the site seems to be a full time job!
September 6Sep 6 Author 2 hours ago, dave2013 said:Speak for yourself, BTW.I always speak for myself Dave. Seldom for anyone else unless asked to.Mankind has been destroying the planet in a plethora of ways. Clear cutting timber in our forests and clearing land and wetlands for industry, cities and agriculture. Polluting our air and water. Neglecting the needs of animals native to this planet by destroying so much of their habitat.We seem to be an experiment gone wrong.Noel The tires are worn. The shocks are shot. The steering is wobbly. But the engine still runs fine.
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Sunday at 11:08 PM5 days Author So that's how we end up? Chopped bacon for an omelet?Noel The tires are worn. The shocks are shot. The steering is wobbly. But the engine still runs fine.
Monday at 12:29 AM5 days 1 hour ago, birdguy said:So that's how we end up? Chopped bacon for an omelet?NoelI know you never watched "V" 40 years ago. But I did. Yum yum! Rhett 7800X3D ♣ 96 GB G.Skill Flare ♣ Gigabyte 4090 ♣ Crucial P5 Plus 2TB
Tuesday at 05:53 PM4 days Administrators Aren't you extinct yet, Martin? 🤔 Heck, I've been for millenia! Charlie AronAVSIM Board of Directors-ADMIN/Moderator-RegistrarJust going to run a Chromebook and not upgrade to a Windows computer. Too many problems with the new Sims! 😱Trying to keep peace and harmony and the will of Landru on the site seems to be a full time job!
Yesterday at 07:15 AM1 day On 9/8/2026 at 6:53 PM, charliearon said:Aren't you extinct yet, Martin? 🤔 Heck, I've been for millenia!Young Charles... can I just say how happy it makes me that you have become exSTINKed. Please tell us all how you achieved this deodorizing feat.
Yesterday at 04:46 PM1 day Apparently the men are what count, nevermind the other people. 5800X3D, RTX4070, 600 Watt, one or two 1440p 32" screens, 64 GB RAM, 4 TB PCle 3 NVMe, Warthog throttle, VKB NXT EVO stick, Honeycomb Alpha yoke, CH quad, 3 Logitech panels, 2 StreamDecks, Desktop Aviator Trim Panel. Crystal Light VR.
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