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Re:In the Netherlands, a group of scientists is working on f... by bargl on Wednesday September 11, 2019 @01:12PM (#20942426)
What predictions? If you believe in scientific modeling at ALL. AKA you think global climate change is scientifically sound, then you should probably look at the population growth predictions.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Projections_of_population_grow...

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Re:In the Netherlands, a group of scientists is working on f... by PeterStuer on Wednesday September 11, 2019 @03:01PM (#20943542)
Most likely global population figures are reflecting the sign of the times. There was a period of 'irrational exuberance' between 1998 and 2004 where the 2100 projections suddenly dropped to as low as 8.4 billion, but after that we have been reverting to the projections of the 1980's and 1990's of 11B+.
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Re:In the Netherlands, a group of scientists is working on f... by rhacker on Wednesday September 11, 2019 @01:34PM (#20942655)
I just clicked that link and all of the projections were aimed up, even if slowed. Current projections still put 11.8 B people by 2100.
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