Hello ANDREW.
12 Aug 96 19:01, ANDREW HOGE wrote to ALL:
 AH> If someone can effectively and with
 AH> sound judgement, logic and facts explain to me how we can contiue
 AH> to overbreed, continuing to take all the resources this planet has at
 AH> the expense and often extinction of other life forms (our brothers and
 AH> sisters-like it or not, we all come from the same origin) I will be
 AH> your student for life. Intergalactic travellers and superstitious
 AH> humans need not apply. For those of you who agree, let's start
 AH> pressuring evironmental groups and governments to address the real
 AH> issue. For those of you who may not understand, if our "brothers and
 AH> sisters" (and those that are both) become extinct, we will most
 AH> definitely be close behind - and nothing will miss us.
Effectively explain the upeer limit of human population on this planet with a 
SUSTAINABLE ecology?
Very difficult question and no easy answer.
I don't have all the facts, by any means, but there are some indications that 
the number is around 15 billion on the high side and 10 billion on the low 
side.
Since the population growth is slowing, it is possible that there is a 
natural limiting function within us, but that has not been proven.
Take a look at the birth rates as they are dropping.
Also note that fertility rates are dropping.
This does occur in other spoecies that have societies.
John
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