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Well, I wish what you were saying was true, but recent data show that it is not, see for example [1] Furthermore, depletion of resources is not a simple number
by speleding 12y ago
Well, I wish what you were saying was true, but recent data show that it is not, see for example [1]
Furthermore, depletion of resources is not a simple numbers game: a rich person produces several orders more CO2 than a poor person to name just one example. If Africa becomes wealthy enough to come anywhere close to Americans for meat consumption there is going to be a huge issue.
Population control of some kind is so much easier now than if we wait 20 years and Chinese-like draconian measures become necessary.
1. http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg22329882.800-global-population-may-boom-well-beyond-the-year-2050.html http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg22329882.800-global-po...
- henrikschroder 12y agoSame article: "These new predictions are drawing criticism. "Raftery's projections are too high for Africa, because they don't include the fact that female education is the key driver of fertility decline," says Wolfgang Lutz of the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis in Laxenburg, Austria."