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7b people on Earth
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Nova Fox
Novafox Shipyards
#21 - 2011-10-29 03:51:41 UTC
Didnt we just hit 6billion not to long ago?

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Luxi Daphiti
Viziam
Amarr Empire
#22 - 2011-10-29 15:49:27 UTC  |  Edited by: Luxi Daphiti
Nova Fox wrote:
Didnt we just hit 6billion not to long ago?

We'll probably hit 7bn even faster. Although if the UN is anything to go by the growth should start levelling out, or going negative some time in the next 100 years.
Citizen20100211442
Brutor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#23 - 2011-10-29 18:27:05 UTC
Dont worry, reptile faces will make more flu virusses to reduce population down, or at least keep it in place Cool

To be, or not to be, that's the question.
mingetek
Brainless in Space
#24 - 2011-10-29 23:14:30 UTC
world population has doubledin my life time. not looking forward to 10b peeps at all
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Desudes
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#25 - 2011-10-30 05:16:53 UTC
And there is still so much empty space to fill.

Excuse me, but what the f*ck are you desu?
Jno Aubrey
Galactic Patrol
#26 - 2011-10-30 13:51:07 UTC
A lot of youngsters here . . .

When you were born, you were the:
2,704,035,174th
person alive on Earth


Name a shrub after me.  Something prickly and hard to eradicate.
Holy One
Privat Party
#27 - 2011-10-31 10:27:39 UTC
Confirming 6bn of those are currently living in east london.

:)
Average Joseph
Doomheim
#28 - 2011-11-01 05:04:28 UTC
I don't think there is any hard upper limit on the number of people Earth can support... as I see it the maximum population at any given time depends on current agricultural technology, the dominant system of food distribution, and the overall availability of drinking water.

You can always cram more cows and chickens into a pen, pump them full of steroids and antibiotics, genetically engineer crops, etc. to increase the food supply. The current systems of food distribution may appear horribly flawed (chronic famines, malnutrition/obesity, perverse incentives arising from both food aid and ag-focused corporate welfare), but they obviously work (otherwise we wouldn't have 7 billion people now). I think the current biggest limitation is going to be access to fresh water. If this can be overcome, I don't see why we can't have 10 or 15 billion people on Earth someday.

God, I hope to be dead before then, though. I think every city will be a swollen, stinking hellhole, yet people will keep living and reproducing only because of the antidepressants pumped into the water supply.
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