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Most projections are for about 10 billion people by 2050. Even if the population stopped growing today developing countries are rapidly modernising. A few bill
by A2017U1 8y ago
Most projections are for about 10 billion people by 2050.
Even if the population stopped growing today developing countries are rapidly modernising. A few billion people soon to be middle class consumers.
The world can't cope with every Chinese person consuming as much as the average American, and they are quickly moving down that path, meat and dairy consumption is a good example of this.
- mirimir 8y agoYes, that was exactly my point. India too, and Southeast Asia generally. Maybe even substantial parts of Africa. As far as global climate change goes, we ain't seen nothing yet :(
- A2017U1 8y agoHopefully starting afresh they can avoid some of the developed worlds mistakes like power generation lock-in and poorly planned car based cities. But when it comes to meat consumption, making concrete and airline travel there's currently no way around the huge emissions. Air travel has been growing at 6% for decades now with no sign of stopping and makes up a significant chunk of global emissions. I have no solutions but feel people are underestimating how hard this problem is to fix.