(August 26, 2013 at 4:35 pm)CapnAwesome Wrote: I agree and it's obviously backed up statistically. However will the world kill itself through overpopulation or wars before everyone becomes sane?
The rate of population growth is slowing. Middle-of-the-road UN projection is that global population won't double again, it is expected to peak at around 9 or 10 billion and then start to decline very gradually for centuries. Whether we can survive the 10 billion mark remains to be seen.