![]() In the country, we should build our villages near stagnant pools, and particularly encourage settlements in all marshy and unwholesome situations. In our towns we should make the streets narrower, crowd more people into the houses, and court the return of the plague. Instead of recommending cleanliness to the poor, we should encourage contrary habits. In his Essay on the Principle of Population, Malthus calls for increased mortality among the poor:Īll the children born, beyond what would be required to keep up the population to this level, must necessarily perish, unless room be made for them by the deaths of grown persons… To act consistently therefore, we should facilitate, instead of foolishly and vainly endeavoring to impede, the operations of nature in producing this mortality and if we dread the too frequent visitation of the horrid form of famine, we should sedulously encourage the other forms of destruction, which we compel nature to use. Malthus blamed reduced mortality rates and encouraged population reduction. Based on his calculations, he predicted that the world would be out of food by the year 1980. The concept of overpopulation originated in England in 1798, when the Reverend Thomas Robert Malthus saw that food production increased incrementally, while people reproduced exponentially. The Overpopulation Scare: How It All Started Yet they might save us from getting caught up on issues that distract us from the REAL problems and relevant steps we can take to create meaningful and long-lasting change. Questioning scare-tactics, even if they seem to be geared towards noble causes, does not necessarily deny our support of the causes themselves. Why? Because by questioning theories such as overpopulation, I discovered an even more promising future than the never-ending struggle of trying to merely control the damage we cause to the planet and each other without addressing the cause. However, I believe it is important to question everything even claims closely tied to the activist and environmentalist movement. ![]() Overpopulation may be a concept, but poverty and unsustainable practices are a reality and my life is geared towards raising consciousness about alternative ways to operate as a society. So could you put the 5x115 bolt pattern on a 5x112 car? NO! The 3mm makes a big difference.Before starting this article, I wish to specify that it is not because I choose to question the concept of overpopulation that I also question the need to end poverty, overconsumption and environmental destruction. Let's say that you have a dual drilled wheel that has a bolt pattern of 5x115mm( lug pattern of most passenger vehicles) and a 5x112mm (lug pattern for Mercedes) The difference between the spacing of the studs is 3mm. Example: A wheel that has a bolt pattern of 5x115 and 5x120 will fit a vehicle that has a 5x115 bolt pattern AND a vehicle with a 5x120 bolt pattern but NO OTHER BOLT PATTERN! The proper term is DUAL DRILLED meaning that that wheel is drilled for TWO different auto makes. They purchase a set of wheels with TEN lug holes and think that it will fit ANY five lug vehicle which is not the case. Here is where a lot of people get confused. For example a Dodge Charger has a bolt pattern of 5x115mm meaning that the vehicle has 5 wheel studs and each stud is 115mm away from the adjacent stud. The Bolt Pattern (PCD) is the number of wheel studs of the vehicle and the spacing from the center stud to the next. I have been a tire technician for about 9 years now and a lot of people come in my shop and say "Hey i got these Universal Wheels that i got from a friend of mine and i wanna put them on my car." When i tell them there is no such thing as a "UNIVERSAL WHEEL" they give me the puzzled look! I'm going to give you guys who are looking for wheels a little knowledge on bolt patterns.
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