Norman Borlaug, 1914-2009

[--Pete]

Hi,

. . . the human population is around two full orders of magnitude greater than what the Earth has resources to support, at the least.

Interesting. While I believe that the ideal human population of the Earth is one to two orders of magnitude smaller than at present, I was under the impression that the Earth could support nearly the present population for decades, if not centuries, into future. Do you have any good references to support your claim?

Wiping out the vast majority of the population by whatever means may not be a very palatable option, but in the long term it's the only effective one.

Not really. A global effort to reduce the birth rate to a level that reduces the population by as little as 1% per year would most likely solve the problem before it becomes a catastrophe. At 1% per year reduction, it would take about 70 years to half the population.

--Pete