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Population stability at current level would be bad, it's higly unsustainable. To make matters worse, we now have instability in the wrong direction: population
by fulafel 6y ago
Population stability at current level would be bad, it's higly unsustainable.
To make matters worse, we now have instability in the wrong direction: population is predicted to grow for 50-100 years still, peaking at 11 billion.
The other variable is resource consumption per capita, both will need to go down after the current spurt to counter severe overpopulation problems globally.
- rayiner 6y agoThere are local overpopulation problems, but globally overpopulation isn’t a problem. https://www.vox.com/the-big-idea/2017/12/12/16766872/overpopulation-exaggerated-concern-climate-change-world-population https://www.vox.com/the-big-idea/2017/12/12/16766872/overpop...
- fulafel 6y agoYeah, thats an opinion piece from an AEI (neocon think tank) pundit.
- rayiner 6y agoHe’s qualified to offer an opinion on the issue > I also approach this problem as a regional economist specializing in migration, so I also think of the American population issue through the lens of population density comparisons. Here’s the same view from Matt Yglesias, solidly left-wing journalist: https://wdet.org/posts/2020/09/24/90064-vox-matthew-yglesias-the-argument-for-massive-population-growth/ https://wdet.org/posts/2020/09/24/90064-vox-matthew-yglesias... Also Scientific American: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/why-malthus-is-still-wrong/ https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/why-malthus-is-st...