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The world's population should be at most 50 million.
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RE: The world's population should be at most 50 million.
I recently saw a program where a population expert said the present population of 7.4 billion had overshot the carrying capacity of the planet by 50%. We are only sustaining our population through burning non-renewable fossil fuels and otherwise mining our natural resources. He also said that the sustainable carrying capacity varies with the affluence of the inhabitants. The Earth could sustain 15 billion living at very low levels of affluence, but only 1.5 billion at American standards.
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RE: The world's population should be at most 50 million. - by Alan V - October 7, 2018 at 9:21 pm

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