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Maybe that's a problem in developing countries, but population increase is very slow in the US. https://mobile.nytimes.com/2016/12/22/us/usa-population-growth.h

• fulafel 8y ago
  It does not make sense to quantize this based on national borders. We're all in the same atmosphere and biosphere. And of course, any growth is bad in the current situation since the current level is so unsustainable - population should decrease, not increase.
  • sangnoir 8y ago
    > And of course, any growth is bad in the current situation since the current level is so unsustainable Which resources are currently constrained? You'll find most of the growth is occuring in "low-maintanance" developing economies that don't consume as much (energy, food, goods, or any random metric per capita) as developed economies. My counter-thesis: it's not the growth that's unsustainable, but the wasteful and environmentally unfriendly throw-away consumerist lifestyles.
  • christophilus 8y ago
    Or, it should stabilize, and we should focus $$$ on sustainability rather than endless economic growth. Incidentally, the entirety of the world population could fit comfortably in the US alone, including the requisite farmland. Here's an interesting visualization of this: https://www.zdnet.com/article/could-7-billion-people-live-in-a-texas-sized-city/ https://www.zdnet.com/article/could-7-billion-people-live-in...