Posted on 11/01/2025 10:33:41 AM PDT by Red Badger
Most of us have known for a long time that it’s off by a few billion. They like to throw out big numbers for their manufactured crises and agendas. At the end of the day the answers are right the Bible. Read and gain discernment.
quote “The relocated population is usually counted precisely because dam companies pay compensation to those affected”
there is your answer, hidden deep in the article.
since dam companies pay compensation to those affected... magically those affected went up dramatically.
Zero and negative birth rate notwithstanding, the so-called scientists will once again find a way to cry overpopulation to counter families with children making a comeback.
The people being relocated are the ones who lived in the lowlands right along the dammed rivers. I’m curious about what assumptions the researchers made about population distribution farther away from those rivers.
In any case, I’d be willing to bet that every human on earth has been observed and counted by satellites by now, with the possible exceptions of those few who remain indoors or underground at all times, and I wouldn’t even be too sure about them.
We are way under 8 billion...does anyone really think we are getting accurate populations from Niger, Uzbekistan, Iran, etc...we don’t even know how many people are in the USA.
Very good point. Maybe three people lived in a particular hut, but eight claimed compensation. Multiply by thousands.
Conservative realistic estimate: ~9.1 billion
Back in the 40’s or 50’s it was estimated that the Earth could easily support 40 Billion people..................
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Portland cat person. I smell Democrat times two.... But that's only an estimate.
Not to worry. There is a die-off coming soon.
Are these the same type of “scientists” who say that cow farts lead to Armageddon? Stop eating meat, don’t drive a SUV.
I prefer the P.E.T.A Principle
People
Eating
Tasty
Animals
I love animals, they’re delicious!
Only if the satellites can avoid recounting on subsequent passes. In short, they can't help with this.
“The relocated population is usually counted precisely because dam companies pay compensation to those affected.
Also plenty of reason for government official corruption to skim money from the project.
It is important that we locate and identify every human on earth for their upcoming Mark.
I’m sure there are algorithms to do repeated estimations and eventually come out pretty close. I doubt that they can keep tabs on every individual on the planet, at least not yet.
Humans have been conducting censuses for 5000 years. You’d think they could get at least a ballpark within 10%, but then those censuses were conducted by societies with some semblance of productivity. There are likely thousands of people living in tribes in South America, Africa, and parts of southeast Asia that we don’t even know exist.
While most estimates place the current human population at around 8.2 billion, a study suggests we might be vastly underrepresenting rural areas.
I don't see anyone nearby... 😎
I’m confused.
The article is saying there are likely *more* people than estimated.
But the commenters seem to think the article is saying there are *fewer* people than estimated.
Did anyone read the article before commenting?
A satellite can identify a single marijuana plant in a forest. It does that by analyzing the spectrum of reflected light. That same satellite can spot the heat signature of individuals in a jungle, forest, or even through a roof. Given that satellites provide full coverage of the Earth every few hours, I suspect they know where people have collected.
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