{"id":526,"date":"2022-04-20T10:43:34","date_gmt":"2022-04-20T09:43:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jimclarke.net\/?p=526"},"modified":"2022-05-04T23:51:32","modified_gmt":"2022-05-04T22:51:32","slug":"infinite-growth-on-a-finite-planet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jimclarke.net\/index.php\/2022\/04\/20\/infinite-growth-on-a-finite-planet\/","title":{"rendered":"Infinite Growth on a Finite Planet"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Nice image from ‘Our World in Data’ here:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The last two thousand years or so (CE) make up only c. 1% of human history, but around half of all people ever have lived during that period, and one in 12 or 13 of all people ever are currently alive today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For the record, just before humans began to farm and settle in urban environments, around 9,000 years ago, there were only around 20 million people on the entire planet. That’s the population of Cairo today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At the time of Christ, 2,000 years ago, there was between 90 and 200 million humans on Earth. In other words, between the population of today’s Congo and today’s Nigeria. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

China’s population today is around 1.48 billion. That was the population of the entire planet around 1875 CE.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When I was born, there were fewer than half the number of people alive today. Welcome to infinite growth on a finite planet. We’re getting to the point where the consequences are becoming inescapable.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Nice image from ‘Our World in Data’ here: The last two thousand years or so (CE) make up only c. 1% of human history, but around half of all people ever have lived during that period, and one in 12 or 13 of all people ever are currently alive today. For the record, just before … <\/p>\n

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