Comments on: A complex problem for Earth with no feasible answers. https://habitablezone.com/2011/10/26/a-complex-problem-for-earth-with-no-feasible-answers/ Tue, 07 Apr 2026 04:28:20 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: TB https://habitablezone.com/2011/10/26/a-complex-problem-for-earth-with-no-feasible-answers/#comment-7911 TB Thu, 27 Oct 2011 14:31:03 +0000 http://habitablezone.com/?p=4921#comment-7911 <p>As nations get more prosperous, their population growth tends to level off.</p> At some point it will stabilize. <img src="http://static.seekingalpha.com/uploads/2010/7/29/saupload_chart1ioaug2010.png" alt="population" /> A lot of interesting things to think about from some of the authors in the article. I'm following some of them up just for my own education. It's kind of funny having Ehrlich in there. His last great prediction had us all starving to death in the 1970s. With enough energy to work with and freedom to do the work, mankind will do pretty well. The specific solutions will be things that give us as much energy and freedom as possible. As nations get more prosperous, their population growth tends to level off.

At some point it will stabilize.

population

A lot of interesting things to think about from some of the authors in the article. I’m following some of them up just for my own education.

It’s kind of funny having Ehrlich in there. His last great prediction had us all starving to death in the 1970s.

With enough energy to work with and freedom to do the work, mankind will do pretty well. The specific solutions will be things that give us as much energy and freedom as possible.

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