I am not sure if the subject was touched on. I do recall a lot of talk about transportation and such; yet were the agricultural implications discussed? I do not know of any solid numbers available, but since the industrial revolution the world population has increased by six times. Smith, Hume, Malthus, and others have discussed that agricultural output is the major factor by which human populations will be allowed to grow. Fossil fuels play a gigantic role in the production of food; yet those are unrenewable sources which will be in short supply during our lifetimes (as we have already discussed). The question is, have we already exceeded the population which an agricultural output supported by renewable resources can allow? How far have we exceeded it?
Before the introduction of such things as the steam engine, we had a population of roughly a billion. We now have approximately 6.3 billion and growing 250,000 daily. When the shit hits the fan, there might be a whole lot more of it than is suspected. Instead of bombs, the airforces of the world should be dropping contraceptives on population centers.
Before the introduction of such things as the steam engine, we had a population of roughly a billion. We now have approximately 6.3 billion and growing 250,000 daily. When the shit hits the fan, there might be a whole lot more of it than is suspected. Instead of bombs, the airforces of the world should be dropping contraceptives on population centers.
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