We are heading for 6 billion.  We've passed 5 billion last year.

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From: "Kent" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Tuesday, December 18, 2001 5:22 PM
Subject: Re: What if Everyone Did It?


> >One issue that I've not seen discussed is the idea of whether and to what
> >degree
> >the paleo diet would be sustainable if all the people on this planet
> >decided to
> >follow it.  I know that it takes something like ten to twenty times more
land
> >for a hunter gatherer than for a farmer.
>
> I'm not sure about that statistic.  But also, H-G's can live on land that
> is unsuitable for agriculture, so there's a lot more acreage available.
>
> But there's another solution, which for some reason no one talks
> about.  Who says we need 3 billion people?  ALL of our environmental
> problems would be much easier to solve if there weren't so many of us.  --
> and hey, I am NOT advocating mass killing or starvation!  All that's
> necessary is a slight reduction in the average children-per-family. Well,
> okay:  in some countries, it might be a fairly large reduction.
> Any of you who've read the "Ishmael" books are familiar with some other
> ideas related to this.  It may turn out to be the ultimate solution, in
the
> sense that if we don't do that, nothing else will really help.
>
>