Jesse, Sure, I'm well aware of these predictions, but my point is that many necessary global resources are being rapidly depleted by just the current human population, so even that is not sustainable.
In general the standard demographic predictions don't pay much attention to the dwindling resources upon which population is dependent. Edgar On Friday, March 21, 2014 11:49:27 AM UTC-4, jessem wrote: > > > On Fri, Mar 21, 2014 at 7:20 AM, Edgar L. Owen <[email protected]<javascript:> > > wrote: > >> Spud, >> >> But reducing human overpopulation IS the main problem facing the planet, >> the ecosystem, and the human species itself. >> >> Assuming that increasing technology will somehow solve the problem is, I >> fear, naive. It is precisely the use of more and more powerful technology >> that has resulted in the exponential destruction of the environment by the >> exponentially increasing number of humans. >> >> So it's not better technology we need, but the wisdom to use it >> sustainably.... >> >> Edgar >> > > Most demographers project that the population will level off at around 10 > billion, because of various trends that tend to reduce the number of > children like populations becoming more urban and women being more > educated--see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_population#Projectionsfor > some info. Of course predicting human behavior is never purely > scientific and there are some who think this projection is too optimistic, > see > http://e360.yale.edu/feature/what_if_experts_are_wrong_on_world_population_growth/2444/ > > Jesse > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
