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Re:The New Population Bomb by ed_balls on Thursday September 23, 2021 @05:57PM (#28636104)
That's why it's never gonna happen, they don't have resources to support this population growth.
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Re:The New Population Bomb by aeternum on Thursday September 23, 2021 @06:23PM (#28636356)
Which resources specifically? We are now exceedingly good at growing food, and water is just an energy problem (can use desalination or purification). Solar alone might be sufficient given the cost and efficiency curves.
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Re:The New Population Bomb by ed_balls on Friday September 24, 2021 @12:02PM (#28644227)
We are, but not Niger.
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