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patman_007 t1_jdyb9x8 wrote

Reply to comment by spovax in Estimates suggest population growth rate to peak at 8.6 billion by madrid987

No, they're saying the rate at which the population will grow will peak at 8.6 billion people LMAO. It will continue to grow for a bit after, but just at a smaller rate. Then finally it will decline which will shrink the population.

You are not nitpicky, you are misunderstanding what they are saying. And I don't know what other numbers you are referencing... But I do agree It's an odd thing to state, we can agree about that.

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Eeeegah t1_jdyajw9 wrote

Reply to Estimates suggest population growth rate to peak at 8.6 billion by madrid987

It hardly reads like a scientific paper at all. It just talks about how maybe that is a number we can hit if we work to alleviate global poverty and poor living conditions. It says nothing about climate change causing increasingly scarce drinking water and food shortages. To me it feels like we could be very near the peak global population now, and are headed for a pretty unpleasant crash in the next 50 years or so, perhaps a lot less.

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spovax t1_jdya49r wrote

Reply to comment by patman_007 in Estimates suggest population growth rate to peak at 8.6 billion by madrid987

You are correct. The growth rate could peak when the population is 8.9B. Odd thing to point out.

Too lazy to read the article, but I assume they’re saying population growth will stop and the population will be 8.9 billion at the top.

Just because the peak is a growth rate doesn’t mean we can’t reference other numbers at the same time. I realize I’m being nitpicky, but so is the dumbass above you who’s being nitpicky.

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