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In certain places, it certainly is! But that's not true of everywhere. I don't see anyway it can be evened out. We certainly don't want to destroy more forests just to provide living areas in the world.
Population isn't a problem to me, the starvations generally are due to political expediency and attempts at quasi genocide. Water isn't a problem in my view, nor is energy. I believe we have the technology to better make fresh water out of sea water, and to create renewable energy for much of our uses.
Technology hasn't been used sufficiently to address crop growth, energy and water issues. I suspect it won't until we don't have any more economically effective ways to meet these needs.
Just out of curiosity, I have a simple question.
Do you think our planet is overpopulated? Why or why not?
There are some interesting views on this and much mathematical computations on the issue concerning growth. Very simply, without getting into all the math, population growth follows a curve that grows sharp early on and the continues to increase, but eventually through an "increasing/decreasing" curve.
That is, think of the shape of a circle, as it is going moving from the 180 degree to the 90 degree mark, yet never truly reaching the 0 increase. The point is, as growth continues, it gets slower and slower on the curve.
This growth is noted in many aspects of biological and physics studies. The point is, once we reach a certain point, growth seems to slow down. As to why? Who knows, I haven't put a lot of thought into it past that representation.
That is, think of the shape of a circle, as it is going moving from the 180 degree to the 90 degree mark, yet never truly reaching the 0 increase. The point is, as growth continues, it gets slower and slower on the curve.
The growth projection for any population is dependent upon its characteristics and those of its environment. There is no standard projection such as the one you are trying to describe...
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