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Population is still rising to fast. https://www.census.gov/popclock/ https://www.census.gov/popclock/ 17:53:01 UTC One birth every 9 seconds One death every
by betaby 2y ago
Population is still rising to fast.
https://www.census.gov/popclock/ https://www.census.gov/popclock/
17:53:01 UTC
One birth every 9 seconds
One death every 10 seconds
One international migrant (net) every 23 seconds
Net gain of one person every 19 seconds
- gruez 2y ago>Population is still rising to fast. Says who? Malthusianism was canceled decades ago. Housing might be scarce, but that's due to political factors, not some sort of resource limitation. There's plenty of land to build with in the US.
- betaby 2y ago> Says who? The link provided, from the USA gov. You may check other sources as well. > There's plenty of land to build with in the US. And within Canada or France. But here we are.
- gruez 2y ago>The link provided, from the USA gov. You may check other sources as well. I'm questioning the "too fast" part. Not the specific numbers. >And within Canada or France. But here we are. "Housing might be scarce, but that's due to political factors"
- betaby 2y ago> I'm questioning the "too fast" part. You have to define what is too fast for you. For me 0.5% yearly is too fast. Percentage wise the USA, Canada and India are growing at about the same rate according the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_population_growth_rate https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_populatio... > "Housing might be scarce, but that's due to political factors" That's not changing the fact that population grows while housing does not at the needed rate.
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