Charlie, what group are you posting in?  comp.misc here.

On 03/28/2021 09:07 AM, Charlie Gibbs wrote:
> On 2021-03-27, TimS  wrote:
>
>> In teh UK it's driven by population pressure, which has increased from 50 to
>> 65 million in the last 50 years.
>
> That's a pretty minor increase compared to the rest of the world.
> Until recently global population has been doubling every 40 years.
> Now that it's starting to slow, the ruling classes are having
> fits.  Politicians want a bigger tax base, and corporations
> want more consumers.  If they manage to get things back on
> track, there will be one person for every square meter of
> dry land in 600 years, and in 1800 years the entire planet
> will be converted into a mass of people swarming over each
> other like bees.

Have you read the 'Ringworld' books?  Puppeteers were able to dispense
with their sun because the heat generated by their bodies and industry
overheated the planet all by itself.  Always enjoyable.

> Do the math.  Most people don't understand exponentials.


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