Political Science 2137 Lecture Notes - Non-Renewable Resource, Exponential Growth, Ecological Stability
19 Mar 2014
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The power of the population is so superior to the power of the earth to produce subsistence for man, that premature deaths must in some shape or other visit the human race. malthus, 1798. If the present growth trends continue unchanged, the limits to growth on this planet will be reached sometime in the next 100 years. The club of rome, think tank, 1972. Malthus: population would grow to the point where the earth can sustain anymore. 1972 club of rome: we are on sustainable trajectory on our planet that eventually, something has to give. The limits to growth ran computer models to forecast future scenarios: Growth forever is impossible if resources are finite. Eventually, you"ll run out of resources that you depend upon. Current economic system is not sustainable on an environmental level. Government haven"t taken steps/failed to tackle root causes because their root causes are tied up in the economic system.
