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How many people can the Earth support?
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Depends on how we treat it, and how efficiently we utilize our limited resources.
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Is population control an inevitable requirement to prolong our own existance?
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Unless we find another space into which we can spread, then I'd have to say yes. However, population control may be less of a choice and more of mother nature reattaining balance (i.e. an unplanned mass extinction event)
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Are the world's shrinking resources like rainforests shrinking that magic number that the Earth can support?
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Yes, definitely. The amount of available resources, as well as how we use them as mentioned above, is probably the key determining factor to this equation.
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How fast are we approaching that number?
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Too fast... our population is like a meth-head on fourteen cups of espresso trying to outrun a police officer on a motorcycle with turbochargers.
Stupid analogy... sorry. Watched formula 1 racing this weekend...
Thing is, not too many people (at least with whom I've interacted) would be willing to take steps to assist. How many people you know w/lower SES are going to stop popping out kids for the good of the planet?
The balloon which is our environment is only so elastic, and if we put enough air into it, it's gonna pop sooner or later...