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Seconded. In 1900 there were 1.2 billion people on the planet, and it took over 100,000 years to get to that number. In only 116 years we've added another 6 bi
by Jaruzel 10y ago
Seconded. In 1900 there were 1.2 billion people on the planet, and it took over 100,000 years to get to that number.
In only 116 years we've added another 6 billion to that total. :(
...and people say we're not-overpopulating the planet...
- brianwawok 10y agoI had a bowl with 1 cracker in it for 3 weeks. Over the last 24 hours it now has 7 crackers. And people say my cracker bowl is not overpopulated... Look. Raw numbers mean nothing. What is the sustainable population of this planet. 1 billion? 10 billion? 100 billion? I have no idea. As tech improves, our impact per person could be lower. So perhaps the limit today is 5 billion... But in 20 years it could be 20 billion.
- Jaruzel 10y agoUltimately though, we WILL run out of habitable space.
- h1d 10y agoCould live vertically, even above ocean if tech allows it (with instant transortation maybe.). Theoretically we have some good amount of room left.
- brianwawok 10y agoAt even midsize population density, I am pretty sure we have space for WAY over 100 billion people on this planet. Food production needs some more work, perhaps a bit of us eating lower on the food chain..
- robattila128 10y agoAssuming you do know we are currently only using 3% of the Earths land surface, what reasons are there that humans will run out of space?
- pitaj 10y ago10 billion people could fit within the USA with a population density of less than New York City.
- Jaruzel 10y agoHowever, 9.999 billion people wouldn't want to live there if Trump was president. (Sorry, couldn't resist...)