@DanielLaLiberte
The population is projected do level out at 9-10 billion. I've heard recent projections varying from 8-11 billion. The areas that will still grow currently are the poorest and cause only 7% of the ecological footprint, and they could leapfrog us by developing without fossil fuels. Once we get to zero footprint (and we absolutely can get there), we can go further, to a negative footprint, and then more people will be even better.
@MrZnarffy
Growth rate is declining, but its still growing.. it means only that the doubling rate is slightly slowed down. Of course it will reach 0 eventually, since we have a finitite planet, it will reach 0 no matter what we like, when the earth cant sustain more people. And at that population, it is already higher than we can sustain with renewable resources and recycling. Remember, to recycle, you have to spend energy as well, and a reason we have been bad at recycling, is that its energy intensive.
@ironmantis3
Improving technology requires energetic input. Its not free and its not an unlimited fix we can continually go back to. Technological improvement requires consumption.
@NoEcologyNoEconomy
Good work. You can explain this over and over to the typical slug but they don't want to hear it, as long as dollars can be made while they're still alive. Endless growth is like a fat kid getting chronically fatter and dumber. Development (or refinement) is like that same fat kid getting leaner and more intelligent, which is a win-win scenario. But people ignore that analogy when the whole economy is being described. They are too vested in the system, and too weak-minded to really examine it.
@RaphPorsche
Oil
@DanielLaLiberte
This video perpetuates the common myth that the world population is still exploding exponentially. It is not. The population growth rate is *declining*, and has been declining since 1980, and is projected to reach 0 in about 65 years. To attain truly sustainable growth, it is critical to understand this fact, and why it is happening. 100% renewable resources and 100% recycling is essential. Please Google "world-population-is-stabilizing".
@g4macdad
Imagine that? Jesus Christ told us that materialism and capitalism won't work, and we have finally proven him right.
@antred11
Yeah, but at what level will it reach zero-growth? There will certainly be a few billion more of us than there are now. That on a planet that is already struggling to support the 7 billion of us presently inhabiting it.
@DanielLaLiberte