[lbo-talk] the Green Nazi platform

[ravi]

Doug Henwood wrote:
> Chris Doss wrote:
> 
>>Since, if you do the math, following current trends,
>>in a few hundred years the total mass of human beings
>>will outnumber that of the Earth, clearly it has some meaning.
> 
> Following what trends? Pop growth is slowing.
> 
> AVERAGE ANNUAL POPULATION GROWTH
> by World Bank country grouping
> 
>                   1960s   1970s   1980s   1990s   2000s
> world            2.0%    1.9%    1.7%    1.4%    1.2%
> low income       2.4%    2.5%    2.4%    2.1%    1.8%
> middle income    2.1%    1.9%    1.6%    1.2%    0.9%
> high income      1.1%    0.8%    0.6%    0.7%    0.6%
> 

its still growing, yes? plus, considering that both china and india
(which account for what 1/3rd of world population?) *have* and *do* use
population control measures (or programmes), which those chris is
responding to oppose, you should adjust the above numbers to include the
"missing dead" (if that's the right term i have heard used).

i do not know about the mass of earth / mass of humans ratio, and i am
too lazy to calculate the possible approach to unity, adjusting for
decrease in the % growth (my guess is that the earth at 6x10**24kg is
well ahead of the 6 billion people, even at 100kg each = 6x10**11kg --
note: not adjusting the mass of earth for the mass of people ;-)).

	--ravi