Population of world 'could grow to 15bn by 2100'

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/oct/22/population-world-15bn-2100 ^

[chessplayer]

The United Nations will warn this week that the world's population could more than double to 15 billion by the end of this century, putting a catastrophic strain on the planet's resources unless urgent action is taken to curb growth rates, the Observer can reveal.

[chessplayer]

“There are those who estimate the planet can handle five trillion.”

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And I bet they wear those little tin foil hats that prevent the moon people from reading their minds.

[BenKenobi]

“So much for the UN’s prior prediction that the population would level off and reach zero growth by mid-century.”

Absolute nonsense. Fewer children were born this year worldwide than 10 years ago.

Worldwide TFR is just 2.4

So you are saying that if everyone had 2 and a half children in their families, that the world would come to disaster?

[CowboyConservative]

Have you not watched the History Channel? According to the Mayan Indians the world ends right after the election next year anyway.

[chessplayer]

“If you placed the entire world population in Texas (please don’t), everyone would have plenty of room.”

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Why not? You just said everyone would have plenty of room. Define plenty of room. Ten square feet?

[CowboyConservative]

The UN doctrine calls for a population reduction by whatever means and so does Mr. Soros. Being worried about depressed peoples around the world is nothing more than a smokescreen to gain support, their real agenda comes later.

[CowboyConservative]

The UN doctrine calls for a population reduction by whatever means and so does Mr. Soros. Being worried about depressed peoples around the world is nothing more than a smokescreen to gain support, their real agenda comes later.

[JRandomFreeper]

Texas is approximately 1 million square miles or 2.787e+13 square feet. Divide that by 7 billion folks (give or take), and that leaves almost 4000 square feet per person.

It's an empty, lonely, world, outside of citites.

Math is hard, for some folks.

/johnny

[stormhill]

According to the Mayan Indians the world ends right after the election next year anyway

What, the Mayans predicted a Democrat victory?

[stormhill]

When you resort to scientific notation, you’re just braggin’

[BIGLOOK]

Wake me when we get there.....ping

[JRandomFreeper]

Yep.

/johnny

[TheOldLady]

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[SaraJohnson]

The sun could explode and send the moon into the earth, too! Quick, turn over your money to the UN and Algore!

[technically right]

Yeah, get rid of all the liberals

[BenKenobi]

Heck, everything’s bigger in Texas.

[chessplayer]

“Texas is approximately 1 million square miles or 2.787e+13 square feet. Divide that by 7 billion folks (give or take), and that leaves almost 4000 square feet per person.”

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Then stick them all into Texas and leave the rest of the world to the wildlife.

[SunkenCiv]

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