Wednesday, July 20, 2011

Can We Sustain This?

Growth: A motorcycle carries 6 people in China. The population on the Chinese mainland is around 1.5billion

Population To Hit 7bn By The End Of October With Five Babies Born Every Second -- Daily Mail

A little over a decade ago, the world’s population stood at 6billion. By the end of October, it will reach 7billion.

With five babies being born every second, 78million people are added to the global community each year.

The population was fewer than 1billion in 1800, 3billion in 1960 and 6billion as recently as 1999.

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My Comment: Advances in technology and its wide dissemination is the only way that we can sustain this .... if not .... expect more worldwide unrest, conflict, and wars.

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