Earth's Population to Reach 7 Billion in 2011!

[BFT3K]

Can this planet provide enough energy and clean water for 7 BILLION people? I don't think so. I see water wars and scary methods of population control on the horizon, buy hey - maybe that's just the optimist in me talking!

Here's the article...

http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/ear...ry?id=12538450

[PR_Glen]

Can this planet provide enough energy and clean water for 7 BILLION people?

Yes...


enough water to drown us all 1000 times over...

[djroof]

wow!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[TheDoc]

Cool...

Where does/did the water go?

[CIVMatt]

Earth is getting ready to reset, no worries

[Ace_luffy]

2012 is coming.... =)

[u-Bob]

plenty of water to go round...

[seeandsee]

new super virus coming, bet on it

[Chosen]

Everything's will be fine... One way or another

[CaptainHowdy]

The whole apocalyptic mood just got old...

[PR_Glen]

Everything's will be fine... One way or another

that's the real tragedy isn't it? People are obsessed with something that most likely will not happen in their lifetime yet they spend all that time reading and talking about it...


armageddon chasers.. it has become a religion and they don't even realize it..

[marketsmart]

i am building a nightclub in Alaska that will fit that many people..

its 700 billion square feet..

i am also building a bridge from former USSR to Alaska so people from all continents can come party at my club...



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[camperjohn64]

I read on Wikipedia the growth of population:

1 billion in 1804
2 billion in 1920's (120 years per billion)
3 billion in 1960's (40 years per billion)
4 billion in 1980's (20 years per billion)
5 billion in 1990's (~10 years per billion)
6 billion in 2000's (~10 years per billion)
7 billion in 2011 (? years per billion from here on out)

So Wikipedia says that suddenly the population growth is expected to DROP? Wiki says population expected to reach between 8 and 10.5 billion in the year 2050?!?!?

Hell we will be at 8 billion in 2016 (5 years per billion), 10 billion at 2020 (2 years per billion), and will be a billion each year after that.

I disagree with anyone that thinks we can control ourselves. We will reach 35 billion still be totally out of control at 2050.

If the population doubles every 40-60 years, why would the trend stop now?

[camperjohn64]

Everything's will be fine... One way or another

Yes I agree. When we are at 38 billion people, we will be fine. We will find ways, with bigger cities, smaller apartments. Instead of complaining we are cramped, we will love the closeness, and use it to our advantage.

[Domain Diva]

new super virus coming, bet on it

I agree...nature will take care of it , a super virus will come along and wipe out half the population at some point.. At first I thought AIDS would do it but guess that was just a trial run.