In article >,
"Pete C." > wrote:

> > What percentage would you calculate?
>
> Difficult to calculate globally as it would vary greatly from area to
> area.
>
> In places like parts of Africa I expect the survival skills exist,
> however the resources to support the overpopulation do not so with the
> end of the constant foreign food aid that makes the overpopulation
> possible I expect there would be probably a 75% population drop between
> starvation and conflict over the limited resources.

Yeah. They tend to lack the resources and refuse to practice birth
control.

>
> In the US I think the survival skills are more scarce, but the
> overpopulation isn't as bad and the society is a bit more stable so I
> expect perhaps a 30% reduction over time and a smaller amount of
> conflicts. Not that there wouldn't be conflicts of course, just less
> than in a country where constant war is the norm.

Hm. I dunno. A lot of city kids really have no clue. (correct spelling
of "clue" for JSB the anal). ;-)

>
> Places like Canada I'd expect pretty low losses, perhaps 10%.

Probably true. They have winter to deal with and more of them probably
hunt. Maybe. Their gun laws are more draconian.

> The
> population in the cities likely lacks the survival skills just like in
> the US, but the country is large enough and has enough resources and
> people still living in the outlying areas with survival skills that
> there shouldn't be any big conflicts.
>
> Wonder when we'll see a test of this...

Let's hope not.
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