RE: [MLUG - DISCUSSION] Unfolding Universe (discovery channel)

[Mike Miller <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

On Tue, 4 Jun 2002, Ross, Matt wrote:

> Taking some rough (and probably inaccurate) numbers, lets say the human
> race doubles in population every 100 years.

It might have done that in the past, but things are different now.  In
many leading industrialized countries, population is at 0% growth or
declining (maintained only by immigration).  In the third world, as
always, population is growing.


> I've heard sci-fi, and other sources make claims that the earth can't
> support over 20 billion of us, so this means we have 2 centuries left
> before we're too populous. (of course, more say we're already
> overpopulated, but I disagree with that).

We're overpopulated in some places on Earth and underpopulated in other
places.  We can certainly 'support' billions more diseased, starving
people.  If we could agree on how to manage things, we could probably
support many more people at a higher level of subsistence, but we can't
get along that well yet.

Mike

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