10-09-2018, 02:29 PM
(This post was last modified: 10-10-2018, 01:06 PM by Eric the Green.)
(10-09-2018, 11:18 AM)David Horn Wrote:(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.
I suspect that ZPG will simply happen of its own accord. When having many children is less desirable than having none at all, the population problem reverses, as it has in many countries already. Space colonization? Not soon and not in any substantial number when it starts in earnest.
Correct. The best way to slow population growth is to help spur growth and prosperity among the people of the world. And also to do something that red state Americans oppose: advance feminism and women's rights including the right to birth control and abortion.