I accidentally scheduled this to go out at 3:35 pm instead of midnight and can’t find a way to change the scheduling! Apologies if you were looking for it earlier!

A week ago I read this.

Professor William Rees, of the University of British Columbia, in Canada, known for coming up with the concept of “ecological footprint” of human actions, talks about a “massive population correction”.

Many people, I suspect will completely ignore this, saying it’s panic-mongering. The comment that I found the most telling is that there is the science to do something about it, but not the political will.
This (overpopulation) has been ignored by both individuals and governments. It’s somewhat obvious to me that the more people there are, the more we consume, thus increasing the pressure on land, for food production, increasing the release of greenhouse gases (more ‘things’ need to be produced to satisfy demand and more transport) and depleting the Earth’s resources. This is the only place we have to live and get all we need. If that goes, we’re sunk.

What do you think are the likely scenarios of the next 100 years? Do you agree with the viewpoint of these scientists? I would love to hear what you think.

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