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Originally Posted by Thunderball
It was an interesting program to be sure and really brought up a lot of questions, but it really left the one big one unanswered in the "good" scenario...
If the Earth can't sustain much more than 2-4 Billion people, how do you really deal with the elephant in the room... namely, runaway population growth in the third world? . . . . .
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Not just population growth but the fact those third world nations, through globalization, are moving to second world and eventually first world economic status.
Some have speculated that globalization in the last decade created 600 million new Americans, complete with their consumptive habits.
It's fine to blame existing first world nations for climate issues but you're beating a dead horse to build a cleaner world if China, India, et al are ignoring the issue to the extent they are.
I was going to throw in the line "well, everyone WANTS a cleaner world" but, you know what, that's not necessarily the case.
Cowperson