"Bob" wrote in message
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TudorHgh wrote:

Just get to the root of the problem, TOO MANY HUMANS!!!

What happens when the Chinese require the same standard of living as
western
nations and we all start warring over earth resources?

It isn't that there are too many people on the planet but the
fact that
they each, on average, consume too much energy. Thinking along the
lines of
reducing energy consumption by reducing population levels is quite
pointless.
It is the equivalent of cutting off a leg to try and lose weight. Try
eating
less!


Take 100 people, each consuming one unit per annum making 100 units of
energy
pa.
Lets assume that they reduce their energy usage by 50% ? quite a large
reduction I
would suggest.
At this reduced energy usage, how long will it take to increase the
population to
a level which consume 100 units of energy per annum? Does the world
population
double every 20 Years? (Genuine question, I don't know the answer)

Bob


Great question Bob. For the world's population to double in 20 years it
has to increase at 3.65 per-cent per annum. It is not growing at that rate
but many countries in Africa and S Asia are. Kenya for a long time had a
population growth rate of 4.2 per-cent. That doubles its population in just
17 years and 4 months, an enormous increase. However, taken overall the
worlds population is expected to double in just over 40 years; all of this
on the back of the population increases in S Asia, Africa and Latin America.
After this population is expected to tail off and then perhaps decline.

Regards, Gavin.

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