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Re:Humanity has wiped out 60% of animals since 1970, major r... by collyw on Tuesday October 30, 2018 @08:52AM (#18336004)
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_overpopulation

Carrying capacity is estimated at 7.7 billion. And I have seen that Hans Roslings predictions have been revised upwards. Doesn't look good either way.

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Re:Humanity has wiped out 60% of animals since 1970, major r... by empath75 on Tuesday October 30, 2018 @09:28AM (#18336228)
carrying capacity keeps getting revised upward also.
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Re:Humanity has wiped out 60% of animals since 1970, major r... by collyw on Tuesday October 30, 2018 @09:57AM (#18336486)
Sure, but what's the end goal? That we all end up like caged chickens? We could probably cram in lots of people that way.
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Re:Humanity has wiped out 60% of animals since 1970, major r... by drb91 on Tuesday October 30, 2018 @01:59PM (#18339526)
IMHO the idea of a goal is an attractive illusion.
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