10-09-2018, 12:09 PM
(10-05-2018, 07:10 AM)Bill the Piper Wrote:(10-05-2018, 06:01 AM)pbrower2a Wrote: Zero population growth worldwide!
Space colonization will make room for many billions of people in the solar system. Of course, population growth must slow down somewhat, as the number of people cannot grow faster than new habitats are built.
Material would have to come from the Earth just to create room for agriculture in space, lest we are to find a way of feeding people on solar power. The material would have to come by shrinking the mass of the Earth.
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