Tag Archives: population

Why did the environmental movement drop the issue of overpopulation?

Posted on July 30, 2017 by energyskeptic

[ This is most of the 27 page report. Beck and Kolankiewicz wrote this to explain why the environmental movement abandoned the goal of keeping population within the carrying capacity of U.S. resources. Systems ecologists such as Paul Erlich, David … Continue reading →

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Failing states, collapsing systems: biophysical triggers of political violence

Posted on January 31, 2017 by energyskeptic

Preface. In this post I summarize the sections of Nafeez’s book about the biophysical factors that bring nations down (i.e. climate change drought & water scarcity, declining revenues after peak oil, etc.) The Media tend to focus exclusively on economic … Continue reading →

Posted in Cascading Failure, Caused by Scarce Resources, Collapse of Civilizations, Collapsed & collapsing nations, Drought & Collapse, Exports decline to ZERO, Food production, Interdependencies, Limits To Growth, Middle East, Net Energy Cliff, Other Experts, Over Oil, Overpopulation, Peak Oil, Violence, War & Violence | Tagged climate change, drought, Export Land Model, peak oil, population, water scarcity | 3 Comments

How Nixon and the Catholic Church conspired to stop actions to prevent overpopulation

Posted on May 27, 2016 by energyskeptic

[ All of what follows is from the article below. Mumford makes the case that: “Had the recommendations of NSSM 200 been implemented in 1975, the world would be very different today. The prospects would have improved for every nation … Continue reading →

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Nature: All women in the world should have the right to birth control

Posted on March 5, 2016 by energyskeptic

Source: Masri L (2019) “Two is enough” Egypt tells poor families as population booms. The Star. Preface. Nature is one of the top science journals, so it is a big deal that Nature finally acknowledged a growing population will wreak … Continue reading →

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Pedro Prieto on Population

Posted on May 7, 2015 by energyskeptic

[I haven’t always agreed with Pedro about population, but I think he’s right now. It’s too late to do anything about overshoot, and we probably could have never done anything about it because we are animals. Though still, it is … Continue reading →

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Richard Heinberg: Only less will do

Posted on March 19, 2015 by energyskeptic

Richard Heinberg. March 16, 2015. Only Less Will Do. Post Carbon Institute. [portions of this article were cut, reworded, and rearranged] Almost nobody likes to hear about the role of scale in our global environmental crisis, because if growth is … Continue reading →

Posted in Birth Control, By People, Climate Change, Overpopulation, Richard Heinberg | Tagged climate change, collapse, energy, environmental movement, exponential growth, mineral depletion, population, topsoil depletion, water depletion | 2 Comments

Increasing population + declining fossil fuels = less population

Posted on July 1, 2014 by energyskeptic

[ This essay looks at the human footprint on the planet, how it grew so large, the problems it causes, and the consequences. Alice Friedemann www.energyskeptic.com author of “When Trucks Stop Running: Energy and the Future of Transportation”, 2015, Springer … Continue reading →

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Iran succeeds in reducing birth rate without coercion

Posted on May 4, 2014 by energyskeptic

How Iran Became One of the World’s Most Futuristic Countries May 2, 2014 Annalee Newitz In Iran, during the 1980s conflict with Iraq, the Ayatollah Khomeini instituted new government regulations that encouraged women to have as many children as they … Continue reading →

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Legal & Illegal Immigration must stop

Posted on April 5, 2014 by energyskeptic

[ I am so tired of only racist dregs getting covered in the media about immigration. There are millions of non-racists who are not racist but math literate who can clearly see that we have allowed population to grow beyond … Continue reading →

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