PM>DA> Actually no. Negative population growth occurs when the death
  >DA> rate exceeds the birth rate. Therefore, you can get negative
  >DA> population growth with a positive birth rate providing the
  >DA> death rate is greater.
PM>Ok, I knew that. I guess I was thinking, to obtain a _global_ population
  >decrease, some countries will have to have almost no births at all, to 
make 
  >for those that aren't able to join the program. I'm assuming nearly all
  >industrialized countries (those of us with computer networks, for example 
:)
  >would need very low birth rates indeed, for a global negative population 
gro
  >rate. The countries without education, transportation, and communications
  >simply will not have negative population growth.
Oh, I don't know...has anyone gotten a population count in Somalia and
the Former Yugoslavia lately?
Jeff
Who notes those with the most to lose seldom allow it to be lost.
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EO>i wanted to ask you all guys here if you have any information
  >about devices which i can use to turn sun light/heat into
  >electricity , with home devices. that is, a device that will
  >supply electricy to a refrigirator for example.
  >no more no less.
Hit the Library and check out the back end of Popular Mechanics and the
other "my neighbor is an idiot" magazines.  But realize you need a large
pallet of Lead-Acid batteries to support the systems and you'll need to
settle for a 12-volt system, unless you increase the size of your
battery storage and use an inverter...etc.
Jeff
Who notes even the solar power enthusiasts as somewhat less than
enthusiastic lately....cost/benefit curves are not good in most places.
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