Youtube has a fascinating discussion by a Dr. Bartlett on exponential population growth and the inevitable crossing of the lines of the demands of such population and the supply of natural resources such as oil.
It' a bit long, but I found it compelling.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F-QA2rkpBSY
Why am I posting this in the Religion forum? Because many religious people, especially Catholics (sorry veep and HoD), consider population control sinful.
If the Pope and Pat Robertson are not aware of the problem, then they have something to learn. They have resources and intelligent staffs, they should know. If they know and still work to thwart population growth, then they represent an evil that would hasten and worsen the inevitable.
It's not enough to say "someone" will find a way to burn water. We've been working hard on alternate energy technologies since Jimmy Carter's famous speech of, what, 1979? So far, "someone" has produced not much.
Nuclear fuel is finite, as well. With all nuclear energy's other problems, it is not the magic bullet.
Controlling population is essential to prolonged prosperity, and that will take the cooperation of religion. Will it happen?
nsns
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