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Re:World's Largest Water Diversion Plan Won't Quench China's... by sremani on Monday December 11, 2017 @08:10AM (#15896796)
No, population growth is not the biggest problem for China, the median age of China is about 38 years old, their growth has already petered out. The population growth problem is right now mostly Africa and South Asia.

China already has less than replacement ration (2.1) child births, what do you want ? People to not have children?

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Re:World's Largest Water Diversion Plan Won't Quench China's... by spodek on Monday December 11, 2017 @11:38AM (#15898136)
The issue is not what I want.

The issue is that there is not enough water per person.

Efficiency gains and technology will help with the numerator somewhat, though probably swamped by increased material consumption.

We can talk about the denominator or not, but we probably can't do anything about it if we don't.

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Re:World's Largest Water Diversion Plan Won't Quench China's... by pixl97 on Monday December 11, 2017 @11:34AM (#15898104)
>what do you want ? People to not have children?

If you believe that areas have already overshot their carrying capacity. Then yes.

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