The Population Vs. Conservation Race

By 2100, there will be 10 billion people on Earth. The only way we will live comfortably is with energy-saving technology.

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June 21, 2002, 5:00 AM PDT

By Chris Steins @planetizen

"The happy news comes when we combine limited population with conservation growth. The conservation bomb wins. Rosenfeld points out that at 2 percent growththe 2 percent solutionconservation outruns population by a large factor. Two percent compounded over 100 years reduces energy use by a factor of 7.2. By 2100, with a world population of 10 billion people, everyone can be living at the current European standard of living and yet expending half the energy we are using today."

Thanks to MIT Technology Review Editor

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