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Population Peak Its now predicted that the world population will cap around 8 1/2 billion in 2050.
Posts: 1 Created on: April 21, 2009 |
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| I've always thought that population is just going up and up and up, but now, I've heard, in the book "The Ghost Map" that birthrates are starting to tapper off. Its said that 2.1 children for every woman is enough to sustain a metropolitan area. Many of the developing countries are, or were up to 6 children per woman, Developed countries were 1.5 or less children per person, but the numbers are all falling. I see this as sort of a positive sign. If the population has a peak, then our impact on the environment doesn't have to be a runaway catastrophe. I can't say as to why birthrates are expected to taper off, anyone hear anything on this? |
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| | May 11, 2009, 9:06 pm | Your Perspective : Do you think climate change is real in any way, shape, or form?
Posts: 4 Created on: March 19, 2009 | | May 6, 2009, 10:06 pm | The costs of Recycing Some say recycling is pointless and expensive.
Posts: 2 Created on: January 16, 2009 | | April 21, 2009, 1:00 am | Population Peak Its now predicted that the world population will cap around 8 1/2 billion in 2050.
Posts: 1 Created on: April 21, 2009 | | April 12, 2009, 12:43 am | What Bush Did Bush really did some odd things to our environmental polices, i.e. the clean(dirty) air act, etc..
Posts: 1 Created on: March 17, 2009 | | March 22, 2009, 1:48 am | Poll Conversation: Do you shop for organic food?
Posts: 1 Created on: March 22, 2009 | | March 22, 2009, 1:41 am | Poll Conversation: Should the U.S. explorer drilling in ANWAR?
Posts: 1 Created on: March 19, 2009 | | March 20, 2009, 12:28 am | Poll Conversation: Do you use CFL light bulbs?
Posts: 1 Created on: March 20, 2009 | | March 17, 2009, 12:19 am | Exponential Technology Some believe, and with good reason, that we will transcend nature to a state where it is controlled by man, not the other way around.
Posts: 1 Created on: March 17, 2009 | | March 17, 2009, 12:09 am | Dominant Species Since natural selection favors the dominant variation or competing species, should we?
Posts: 1 Created on: January 16, 2009 | | March 16, 2009, 11:58 pm | Your Ideas What matters to you in the face of environmental problems and their solutions?
Posts: 2 Created on: January 5, 2009 |
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