Re: Six Billion and Beyond

From: Michael S. Lorrey (mike@datamann.com)
Date: Fri Mar 24 2000 - 12:46:03 MST

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Larry Klaes wrote:

> We now have over six billion humans on planet Earth.
> How long before things turn into Soylent Green before
> we have to do something radical to stop the population
> explosion?
>
> For reference:
>
> http://www.pbs.org/sixbillion/

What population explosion. The population growth rate has been falling for
years. Expected level-off point is somewhere around 2050, all other factors and
trends remaining as they are.

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