Thursday, May 21, 2015

Too many?

Earth has about 7 billion people on it. In 25-30 years, earth's population will peak and start declining. These are the facts and they are not in dispute. All the more developed countries of the world are reproducing at rates below replacement rate

Over all, humanity is feeding, clothing, sheltering, and moving people much better today than in the past. A billion people have risen out of abject poverty around the world in the last thirty years.

Why the hysteria about "over-population"? The case for less alarm over population is in my posts labeled "Demography" and in this animated video:

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