[Frank Stearns]

Mxsmanic writes:

Frank Stearns writes:

You could comfortably fit that entire 7B population at suburban densities into a
land mass the size of Texas.

It's not a question of finding space. It's a question of providing 7 billion
with the same standard of living currently enjoyed by only about 1 billion.
That's a seven-fold increase in resource requirements.

As long as most of the population lives in dirt, you can afford to keep a few
people fat and rich, but if you want everyone to have the same standard of
living, you have to either settle for a very modest standard or keep the
population small.

That's perhaps the saddest part of the equation. Many impoverished nations have
the means live much better lives, but for any number of reasons -- some even well
intentioned (though that's rare) -- greed and corruption of the leadship undercuts
the population.

No easy solution, and this includes simply cutting back the numbers.

Frank
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