In
my last post (some time ago), I railed against the false myth that population growth
is slowing down. For decades it’s been erroneously thought that human numbers
will peak at about 9.5 billion in 2050 and then decrease, and, thus, the overpopulation
problem will go away.
My
post showed this is a total misconception, based on incorrectly interpreting
data using percentages rather than actual numbers. Well, now my blog post has
received authoritative confirmation. A major United Nations study in 2014 involving
scientists, statisticians and demographers predicts that global population will
continue to increase reaching a total of about 11 billion by 2100. Furthermore,
it will continue to grow slowly beyond that. This is dynamite news! The current
global population already far exceeds the world’s bearing capacity. At 11
billion, the situation will be much worse.
Human
population impacts virtually everything from resources, to environment to
terrorism. Why do we go on ignoring it?
Reference
Gerland, P., et al., World population stabilization unlikely this
century, Science, 10 October
2014:
Vol. 346 no. 6206 pp. 234-237.
Vol. 346 no. 6206 pp. 234-237.
