Tuesday, February 21, 2006

Capacity Warning: Earth's Population Hurtles Toward 6.5 Billion

Joanna Glasner writes on Wired News:

The planet's population is projected to reach 6.5 billion at 7:16 p.m. EST Saturday, according to the U.S. Census Bureau and its World Population Clock.

Thomas Malthus, the 18th-century thinker who famously predicted the human population would outrun its food supply, would be astounded.

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