Ibon wrote:vtsnowedin wrote:If you look back at the pictures of both Americans and Europeans after WW2 from 1946 to 1960 you can see that we were a lot thinner then. Perhaps part of the blame would lie in the great depression which was one of (In Europe) causes of the war but the war certainly made it worse. And if you look at the Russian/USSR side of it there are few pictures because millions died of starvation and were not around to have their pictures taken in 1950.
Don't discount war as a possible vehicle which will achieve major reductions in human population in the future.
That is very true. I was thinking of combat deaths and not so much how food distribution is disrupted during times of war.
@ Ibon
Dont forget WWIII could be seen as a solution for somebodys crazy leader reason.....
Nero burns Rome and sing a song while feeling the heat of the burning flesh.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fEj1h7BC2b4
M_B_S