So as of October 31st, a baby in the Philippines became the 7 billionth person to populate the Earth. When she is just 39, the population is expected to even out at 10 Billion, with the resources available on the planet outstripping the medical and technological advancements. That is what people are hoping anyway. The problem is that there has been more population growth in the last 200 years, then in the previous 1500 years of human existence. According the the UN population report, at that current rate, we would reach 134 TRILLION by 2300. And I'm no good at maths, but I'm pretty certain that is way too many people. So that is why everyone has their fingers crossed that the report is right. I mean, lets look at me for example. According to the BBC Population Calculator, I was human number 5,033,096,381. So in 24 years, the population has increased by almost 2 billion. I can't even imagine what 2 billion people looks like...
So where do we go from here? Leave it as it is? What if the predictions are wrong? We don't want to end up up with any more then 10 billion people. How about birth control? Pretty totalitarian right? I'm just glad I'm not making these decisions - It confuses the hell out of me.
I just wish there was some kind of colourful video which could explain this all to me like some kind of dumpy toddler. Oh cool, there is!
[vimeo width="500" height="400"]http://vimeo.com/31373691[/vimeo]
