> Environmental degradation is largely a function of population growth... I have no doubt the earth’s population can balloon to 12 or even 15 billion - for a wh

> Environmental degradation is largely a function of population growth... I have no doubt the earth’s population can balloon to 12 or even 15 billion - for a while... According to a various gov/UN reports, population will peak between 2050-2075 somewhere in the neighborhood of 9 billion.