Norton, Daily, G. Optimum human population size. Pimentel, D. Lianos, T. Sustainable welfare and optimum population size. United States. Central Intelligence Agency. The CIA world factbook Skyhorse Publishing, Inc, Share this: Click to share on Twitter Opens in new window Click to share on Facebook Opens in new window Click to email this to a friend Opens in new window.
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Pingback: One Child: Do we have a right to more? The ecological footprint is a measurement of the anthropogenic impact on earth. Today, our global footprint is in overshoot. It would take 1. If current trends continue, we will reach 3 Earths by the year Our planet does not have the biocapacity to sustain our current levels of growth and resource consumption. So, what can be done to minimize our collective impact on the environment? Cohen argues that, standing along, each paradigm is necessary in solving our environmental crisis, but not sufficient.
In simple words, no later than , years from now humanity will be back in the Stone Age and the supportable population will probably be under 25 million.
And Jason G Brent jbrent aol. Jason: I offer that you need to look at, and talk about, today and the next years. This seems a bit extreme to me. There are many options between abject poverty and a car an oversized house for each one of us. Greetings Gaiabaracetti. It would be interesting to know what YOUR opinion of what optimum exists between poverty and car, big house etc.
Even if we shared more equally there would still be insufficient! The simple fact is, whatever fact and figures you quote, that there are too many human beings on the planet! I agree about climate change. Seems to me gaiabaracetti finds the right balance. Mathematicians talking to economists talking to statisticians talking to other mathematicians talking to.
Populationists have some wonderful writers and wonderful speakers. John, I am not disputing that there are too many people on the planet for all of us to have a decent life and share this Earth equitably with all the species that inhabit it. ALL I wanted to say is that some of the things we think we cannot live without are not so indispensable. Of course, easier said than done, and some countries might prefer a larger population and lower per capita consumption, or vice versa.
With current technology an earth of two to three billion of us could be an Eden, at seven approaching eight things are getting bad, fast, and an Earth of nine to ten billion of us will just be one huge living Hell.
He proves in that book, in my opinion, that the collapse of civilization will commence around the year due to the inability of the earth to provide the resources our civilization needs to continue. In any event, it can be stated with absolute certainty, not merely As a start, I have been advocating for a world population of 2. Industrial and domestic waste generation needs to become far costlier for companies and the individual.
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