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Taken by itself I don't think population growth is a positive or negative statistic. People are living longer, death by disease is down, childhood mortality and
by 40acres 8y ago
Taken by itself I don't think population growth is a positive or negative statistic. People are living longer, death by disease is down, childhood mortality and death by pregnant mothers is down. These are all good stats.
How population affects climate change seems to be the biggest negative externality.
- itomato 8y agoAlone maybe they are "good stats". The trend doesn't bode well for a sustained livelihood with our planet when fishery stocks are being exploited and depleted at an equal rate. Of the 600 marine fish stocks monitored by FAO: 3% are underexploited 20% are moderately exploited 52% are fully exploited 17% are overexploited 7% are depleted 1% are recovering from depletion Further troubles exist on land, with global deforestation increasing YOY. How will more people living longer benefit from these factors?