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Re:I estimate human population to peak in 2065 on Monday January 09, 2017 @09:37PM (#13362078)
I think everyone wishes you could be correct but the situation where tundra/permafrost areas warm to a point that it is possible farm would cause a catastrophic release of Carbon on par with direct human activity.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13079066

Re:The World Is Running Out of Fish Faster Than We Thought on Thursday December 15, 2016 @07:35PM (#13190071)
My understanding was there are about 50 to 100 years left for large marine fish excluding what it might be possible to farm. Not sure if this makes it any shorter.