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Posted in Uncategorized on Dec 24th, 2009
It was the best of times. It was the worst of times. It was the peakiest of times. Amid the list of “peaks” (peak oil, peak medical costs, peak bad TV, etc.) is peak population. The population is going up now, but it won’t go up forever. Assuming nothing catastrophic happens in the next 40 [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Dec 21st, 2007
My brother and his wife were recently in town for a surprise visit (my birthday). At one point, over lunch, the conversation turned to population growth and the woes of the world. I pointed out that all was not lost, since the Earth’s population was going to peak in this century and shrink for a [...]
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