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Worldview — People power: dealing with demography

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The Population Explosion

The UN says the peak in population is going to be 2,100. And how many people? It's somewhere 9 or 10 billion, probably around 2060 to 2080. But we're also told the projection is that things will peak in this century. How does that work? We are continuing technologically to have fantastic advances in agriculture. So as the human population growth slows and slows and slows, our technological innovations continue to dry the head.

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