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Re:Red algae proteins grafted into tobacco double plant growth by onlypositive on Sunday July 30, 2023 @12:55AM (#36927942)
Population caps out at 10b and begins to decline again around 2100. That's the current projections.
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Re:Red algae proteins grafted into tobacco double plant growth by ramraj07 on Sunday July 30, 2023 @01:04AM (#36927993)
Which means 2 centuries before we get back to 7 or 8.
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Re:Red algae proteins grafted into tobacco double plant growth by mumin on Sunday July 30, 2023 @03:09AM (#36928638)
Don't worry, climate change will speed that right up
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Re:Red algae proteins grafted into tobacco double plant growth by ramraj07 on Sunday July 30, 2023 @11:12AM (#36931989)
I do worry, because the ones that die will not be the ones who reaped the benefits and remain nonchalant about it today.
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Re:Red algae proteins grafted into tobacco double plant growth by Tade0 on Sunday July 30, 2023 @04:44AM (#36929191)
UN projections, which are on the "business as usual" side of things.

Plenty of events, like the pandemic, which put immense downward pressure on fertility.

Also, the African continent is a net food importer. This could be turned around - particularly by Nigeria, which has the natural resources to produce fertiliser, but so far the observed effect has been a surge (+65%) of imports.

With the situation in Ukraine being what it is, I don't think this is sustainable.

Niger is currently experiencing a population explosion, which will force it to implement the same policies as Kenya to prevent a Malthusian catastrophe.

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