Bill Maher: “More People, Same Resources”

Hinzugefügt: 2026-06-03

[00:00:00]It's not about space. It's about resources. Didn't we just run out of baby formula? Was the problem not enough babies? Yes, there's space on Earth for more people, but somehow they all seem to want to get on this train. You can make a billion Americans, but they're still not going to want to live in North Dakota. Even if they did, where are all these new residents of the greater Bismark metro area going to eat? Soylent Green? The famous theory put forth in 1798 by Thomas Malthus that population grows exponentially, but water and food do not, has not really changed. We've improved food growing, yes, but it's still finite and you can't grow water.

[00:00:40]The planet's resources are finite, but our predilection to always be down to [ __ ] apparently is not.