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What population would be too much for earth? 15 billion? 100 billion? Never understood the unlimited growth argument. We aren't going to colonize Mars.
by bparsons 2y ago
What population would be too much for earth? 15 billion? 100 billion? Never understood the unlimited growth argument. We aren't going to colonize Mars.
- pfdietz 2y agoWhat part of his comment implied "unlimited growth"?
- credit_guy 2y agoConversely, what population do you think would be appropriate? 5 billion, 1 billion, 100 million?
- Longlius 2y agoThis isn't talking about 'unlimited growth.' It's talking about sustaining our current population structure or even tapering it off gracefully rather than facing the steep decline we're dealing with now.
- bparsons 2y agoGlobal population is not declining. It is projected to continue growing for at least another few decades.
- ben_w 2y agoDepends entirely on the tech. If all you have is bronze, about 10 million. If we mass produced greenhouses and tile the deserts etc., I've heard a trillion claimed as possible.
- Lammy 2y ago“Maintain humanity under 500,000,000 in perpetual balance with nature.”
- snapplebobapple 2y agoNot with an attitude like that we aren't. I always preferred oneill cylinders anyway. They seem much more doable and they avoid the pesky gravity well problem and the enormous energy requirement to climb out of it.