“Growth, growth, growth -- that's all we've known . . . World automobile production is doubling every 10 years; human population growth is like nothing that has happened in all of geologic history. The world will only tolerate so many doublings of anything -- whether it's power plants or grasshoppers.” WorldYearsHumansGrowthKnownHappenedPlantPopulationProductionsTolerateAutomobilePopulation GrowthPower PlantsHuman PopulationGrasshoppers Author:M. King Hubbert
“Human population growth is probably the single most serious long-term threat to survival. We're in for a major disaster if it isn't curbed...We have no option. If it isn't controlled voluntarily, it will be controlled involuntarily by an increase in disease, starvation and war.” IfsHumansLongWarGrowthTermSeriousDiseaseMajorsSurvivalIncreaseThreatPopulationDisasterLong TermControlledStarvationPopulation GrowthHuman Population Author:Prince Philip
“It's coming home to roost over the next 50 years or so. It's not just climate change; it's sheer space, places to grow food for this enormous horde. Either we limit our population growth or the natural world will do it for us, and the natural world is doing it for us right now.” WorldYearsHomeNextGrowsGrowthNaturalSpaceRight NowLimitsClimateClimate ChangePopulationEnormousComing HomeElitesSheerPlagueNatural WorldHordePopulation GrowthPopulation ControlWorld PopulationHuman PopulationRoost Author:David Attenborough
“A finite world can support only a finite population; therefore, population growth must eventually equal zero.” WorldGrowthSupportEqualPopulationZeroFinitePopulation GrowthWorld PopulationHuman Population Book:Exploring new ethics for survival: the voyage of the spaceship Beagle Source: Exploring new ethics for survival: the voyage of the spaceship Beagle
“Human population growth is a problem in that most humans consume more than they need. The Earth's resources are now strained to sustain the needs and wants of the human population, which continues to escalate.” WantNeedsHumansProblemEarthGrowthResourcesPopulationPopulation GrowthNeeds And WantsHuman Population Author:Sharon Gannon
“Human overconsumption is a greater problem than human population growth, and meat eating is a big part of that problem.” HumansProblemBigsGrowthGreaterEatingPopulationMeatOverconsumptionPopulation GrowthHuman PopulationMeat Eating Author:Sharon Gannon
“The root cause of the looming energy problem - and the key to easing environmental, economic and religious tensions while improving public health - is to address the unending, and unequal, growth of the human population. And the one proven way to reduce fertility rates is to empower young women by educating them.” WayHumansProblemYoungEnergyCausesGrowthReligiousEconomicKeysRootsEnvironmentalRatePopulationTensionEmpoweringAddressesYoung WomenProvenImprovingPublic HealthUnendingFertilityLoomingRoot CauseHuman PopulationEmpower Yourself Author:Lawrence M. Krauss