SOLUTIONS: Population Reduction
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Consider the following charts:
World Population Levels Past 2,000 Years
Notice how the population curve dramatically starts to rise after 1700?
What was that due to?
(Charles Hall, Pradeep Tharakan, John Hallock, Wei Wu and Jae-Young Ko,
Advances in Energy Studies Conference, Porto Venere, Italy, September 2002)
That
little red spike represents the discovery of oil through to peak oil
and the end of the age of oil as seen across the epochs of human
history. Now let us look at what happens when we merge the above two
graphs into one:
One possible population scenario.
The
population of humans on the earth MIRRORS the INCREASE in OIL
(hydrocarbon) usage. As we used more oil the population went up.
What
do you think will logically be the outcome of oil depletion if no other
similar replacement energy source is discovered? Look at the blue curve
for the answer.
However, as in most systems, flow can travel BOTH DIRECTIONS.
If we DECREASE our POPULATION, it will in turn, DECREASE the SPEED at which oil is depleted.
At the time of writing this web page the US and WORLD populations were:
U.S. 296,065,380
World 6,440,175,628
11:04 GMT (EST+5) May 08, 2005
Here is a list of the Birth Rates for 2003 (births per 1000 population)
(Data source: 2003 CIA World Factbook)
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225 | Niger
Mali
Chad
Uganda
Somalia
Angola
Liberia
Congo, Democratic Republic of the
Burkina Faso
Malawi
Sierra Leone
Yemen
Benin
Mayotte
Guinea
Madagascar
Mauritania
Sao Tome and Principe
Gaza Strip
Djibouti
Gambia, The
Afghanistan
Rwanda
Cote d'Ivoire
Ethiopia
Burundi
Zambia
Tanzania
Eritrea
Nigeria
Comoros
Guinea-Bissau
Mozambique
Oman
Saudi Arabia
Equatorial Guinea
Laos
Maldives
Gabon
Sudan
Senegal
Central African Republic
Cameroon
Togo
Guatemala
Bhutan
Marshall Islands
Namibia
West Bank
Haiti
Iraq
Tajikistan
Nepal
Solomon Islands
Honduras
Kiribati
Papua New Guinea
Belize
Zimbabwe
Paraguay
Bangladesh
Pakistan
Syria
Congo, Republic of the
Swaziland
Kenya
Turkmenistan
El Salvador
East Timor
Libya
Cambodia
Lesotho
Cape Verde
Micronesia, Federated States of
Philippines
Nicaragua
Nauru
Uzbekistan
Kyrgyzstan
Ghana
Bolivia
Botswana
Ecuador
Tonga
Egypt
Vanuatu
Dominican Republic
Malaysia
Jordan
Turks and Caicos Islands
India
American Samoa
Morocco
Guam
Fiji
Grenada
Peru
Algeria
Mexico
Kuwait
Colombia
Tuvalu
Indonesia
Mongolia
French Guiana
Saint Lucia
Panama
WORLD AVERAGE
Reunion
Northern Mariana Islands
Venezuela
Brunei
Lebanon
Vietnam
New Caledonia
Costa Rica
Suriname
Azerbaijan
Burma
Bahrain
Palau
South Africa
Israel
Bahamas, The
United Arab Emirates
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Kazakhstan
Antigua and Barbuda
Albania
Guyana
French Polynesia
Brazil
Korea, North
Turkey
Montserrat
Argentina
Jamaica
Iran
Uruguay
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Seychelles
Dominica
Tunisia
Thailand
Guadeloupe
Sri Lanka
Chile
Mauritius
Greenland
Virgin Islands
Netherlands Antilles
Qatar
Samoa
Puerto Rico
British Virgin Islands
Martinique
Anguilla
Ireland
Saint Pierre and Miquelon
Moldova
New Zealand
United States
Iceland
Faroe Islands
Cayman Islands
Macedonia, (Yugoslav Republic)
Barbados
China
Saint Helena
Cyprus
Croatia
Malta
Singapore
Trinidad and Tobago
Taiwan
Serbia and Montenegro
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Korea, South
Armenia
Australia
France
Norway
Bermuda
Macau
Luxembourg
Cuba
Aruba
Georgia
Denmark
Portugal
Man, Isle of
Netherlands
Gibraltar
Canada
United Kingdom
Liechtenstein
Romania
Hong Kong
Finland
San Marino
Lithuania
Poland
Belgium
Jersey
Belarus
Slovakia
Russia
Spain
Ukraine
Greece
Sweden
Andorra
Japan
Switzerland
Monaco
Austria
Guernsey
Hungary
Estonia
Slovenia
Italy
Czech Republic
Germany
Latvia
Bulgaria |
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43.89
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42.86
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40.78
40.77
40.63
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40.01
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34.82
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32.78
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31.67
31.24
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29.90
29.59
29.54
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29.37
28.81
28.02
27.90
27.75
27.43
27.28
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26.95
26.47
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26.06
25.84
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24.94
24.51
24.36
24.26
23.94
23.70
23.68
23.51
23.28
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23.26
23.19
23.06
22.87
22.81
21.94
21.92
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20.43
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19.97
19.78
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19.28
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18.87
18.67
18.57
18.48
18.45
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18.23
18.20
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17.61
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10.09
10.08
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[Work in Progress. To be Continued...]
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Population Reduction 
