Posted in affluence, consumption, economy, energy, family planning, feminism, global warming, growth, human rights, politics, population, poverty, sustainability on March 30, 2008 | 8 Comments »
As I mentioned in the previous post, recently the Wall Street Journal published an article, New Limits to Growth Revive Malthusian Fears, with an interesting graphic at the bottom.
Here’s my redering of the WSJ data regarding how US commodity prices and world population have changed over time:
The CRB Spot Index is based on the [...]
Posted in biodiversity, consumption, economy, energy, family planning, feminism, global warming, growth, human rights, politics, population, sustainability on January 27, 2008 | 38 Comments »
Note: I do intend to continue the series on Charles Siegel’s work (he has a new book out) and reflect some more on what Paul Chefurka is doing, but I keep letting other things bubble up. Most recently the discussion that began here and continued with my last post has captured my [...]
Posted in consumption, economy, energy, family planning, global warming, growth, moonbats, politics, population, science, sustainability on January 22, 2008 | 44 Comments »
In Sowing the seeds of a future society, Ken Whitehead expresses not just a doomsday view of the future but a singularly dark prescription for what to do about it: concentrate on building remote communities that can seed the post-apocalyptic civilization. (In the comments on that post you’ll find my thoughts on Whitehead’s work.) [...]
Posted in economy, family planning, growth, politics, population, sustainability on January 12, 2008 | 17 Comments »
The Philippines, with per capita GDP (PPP) of about $5,000 (2006 estimate) and a land area smaller than California, has rapid population growth, low contraceptive use, high poverty, and a fast growing economy (5.4% annually). Of the 91 million Filipinos (July 2007 estimate), 40% live in poverty, 16% on less than a dollar [...]
Posted in affluence, biodiversity, consumption, economy, energy, family planning, growth, human rights, politics, population, sustainability on December 23, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Back in March, after completing a two-year study on population growth in the United States, a presidential commission issued its report. The commission’s chairperson wrote in the report’s “letter of transmital”:
After two years of concentrated effort, we have concluded that, in the long run, no substantial benefits will result from further growth of the [...]
Posted in consumption, family planning, growth, population, sustainability on December 6, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Back in May, Growth is Madness! hosted a guest post by Dr. Russell Hopfenberg, a consulting faculty member at Duke University, “to discuss his work on the links between food supply, carrying capacity, and population growth. In two peer reviewed journal articles, one coauthored by David Pimentel, Russ has analyzed and investigated the relationship between [...]
Posted in biodiversity, consumption, economy, energy, family planning, global warming, growth, human rights, moonbats, politics, population, sustainability on November 9, 2007 | 9 Comments »
Commenting on a post over at Growth is Madness!, Magne Karlsen pointed to this op-ed piece in the Telegraph by Boris Johnson, a conservative MP running for Mayor of London. Reading this on the heels of John Feeney’s essay on BBC News site (that link links to the BBC article, see here for my [...]
Posted in biodiversity, communication, consumerism, consumption, economy, energy, family planning, global warming, growth, human rights, politics, population, sustainability on November 6, 2007 | 10 Comments »
Climate change is now in the news every day and, with the recent rise in oil prices, peak oil appears frequently too. No one denies these issues are influenced by the large and fast growing economies of China and India in conjunction with the massive economies of the USA and the EU. It’s now [...]
Posted in biodiversity, consumerism, consumption, energy, family planning, global warming, growth, politics, population, sustainability on October 21, 2007 | 2 Comments »
The last time I recall the mainstream media seriously talking about overpopulation was thirty years ago. This week, however, one news outlet with a global reach will air a documentary (two parts, four hours total) that will address
climate change,
vanishing natural habitats,
disappearing species, and
human overpopulation.
Tune in your TV to CNN on Tuesday and Wednesday to [...]
Posted in consumption, economy, family planning, global warming, growth, population, sustainability on September 10, 2007 | 2 Comments »
An op-ed in the Christian Science Monitor describes how “dialog clubs” are being used in Rwanda to help with reconciliation and economic recovery in the wake of the 1994 genocide that killed nearly a million. Rwanda is a small country (about the size of Maryland) with almost 10 million people, high infant mortality (85/1000), [...]
Posted in consumerism, consumption, economy, energy, family planning, global warming, growth, population, sustainability on August 8, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Posted in consumption, economy, energy, family planning, global warming, growth, politics, population, sustainability on August 2, 2007 | 5 Comments »
While reading the ramblings of a thirty-something from the Torres Strait, Australia, I found a link to this article which talks about some things near and dear to my heart. Several things actually: efficiency, resiliency, and redundancy. Commenting on the article, Verdurous managed to put all of them together in this [...]
Posted in affluence, biodiversity, consumerism, consumption, economy, energy, family planning, global warming, growth, politics, population, sustainability on July 20, 2007 | 7 Comments »
As a kind of summary/overview, I put together a “mashup” of graphs and charts created for previous posts. Each is presented and discussed independently below, but I find this condensed presentation strangely fascinating.
(Note, the links below are to the original posts on Trinifar where the graphs and charts first appeared. See those posts for [...]
Posted in consumption, economy, family planning, global warming, growth, population, sustainability on May 8, 2007 | 8 Comments »
Today’s report is from the UK:
It’s always shocking to see population growth issues in the news, let alone in the headlines. A reader sent me a link that piqued my interest and a Google News search found seven articles about a briefing from the Optimum Population Trust (OPT).
Two treat the subject more or less [...]
Posted in communication, consumption, family planning, growth, population, sustainability on May 3, 2007 | 4 Comments »
Among other things, John Feeny writes about population issues. One of his commenters pointed to some academic research in the area and a discussion ensued. That’s usually the way with blogs, but this time there’s a unusual twist. The commenter put John in touch with the scientist who, although unfamiliar with the [...]
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