tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7377497904882186501.post2273324514771145821..comments2024-03-22T11:58:02.835-07:00Comments on Garden Earth - Beyond sustainability: 7 Billion and Peak ChildGunnar Rundgrenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11869055229248959119noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7377497904882186501.post-56096834369337589762011-11-08T02:32:28.624-08:002011-11-08T02:32:28.624-08:00It seems to me that we have got to a point where t...It seems to me that we have got to a point where the global population will increase 'automatically'. Given that the base number is 7 billion.......any improvement in the medical care of mothers, children, and the elderly will lead to increases in the total population. As you noted, Gunnar,any successful attempt to reduce 'deaths' will lead to a significant increase in 'the living'.<br />I have had to confront the possibility that 9 billion in 2050 is likely. In China and India where 2.5 billion people live, the continuing increase in their standards of living will result in their higher rates of survival...whatever happens elsewhere. <br />I have also come to separate population growth from environmental sustainability. The 7/8/9 billion will not necessarily have a good life, 6.99 or 8.99 billion will be relatively poor, scratching the soil for basic foodstuffs or searching for scraps in urban spaces. The 0.01 or, to be more precise, the 0.0000000000001% will be rich with plenty of disposable incomes to create their own personal living spaces.<br />What is more important than luxury is the alleviation of poverty of the majority and the redistribution of resources and facilities.<br />As has happened throughout history, the poor will revolt and the rich will be removed. And perhaps a new society will come into being.<br /><br />go to www,kelvynrichards.com...A Discourse - Social Ecology.j. kelvyn richardshttp://www.kelvynrichards.comnoreply@blogger.com