In 1798 the famous economist Thomas Robert Malthus introduced his essay on the principle of population with:
"At the end of each day, the world now has over two hundred thousand more mouths to feed than it had the day before; at the end of every week, one-half million more; at the close of each year, an additional eighty million. Aware of these alarming statistics, many national governments, influential institutions, and private enterprises are trying to encourage increased production of all the necessities of life, particularly food, in the hope of preventing mass starvation...there has been enough success in recent years to forestall, at least temporarily, a major disaster..."
200 plus years later at the end of each day there are over 490,000 more people, 3,430,000 more each week, and 178,360,000 more people each year.
Source: Population Division of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs of the United Nations Secretariat, World Population Prospects: The 2008 Revision, http:/esa.un.org/unpp, Friday, June 26, 2009; 3:41:46 AM.
Despite population growth more than doubling it is less expensive to maintain the basic necessities of life than any other period of history! Food production has increase exponentially, prices have decreased, and land usage has remained constant. Check it out here.
One example:
"At the end of each day, the world now has over two hundred thousand more mouths to feed than it had the day before; at the end of every week, one-half million more; at the close of each year, an additional eighty million. Aware of these alarming statistics, many national governments, influential institutions, and private enterprises are trying to encourage increased production of all the necessities of life, particularly food, in the hope of preventing mass starvation...there has been enough success in recent years to forestall, at least temporarily, a major disaster..."
200 plus years later at the end of each day there are over 490,000 more people, 3,430,000 more each week, and 178,360,000 more people each year.
Source: Population Division of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs of the United Nations Secretariat, World Population Prospects: The 2008 Revision, http:/esa.un.org/unpp, Friday, June 26, 2009; 3:41:46 AM.
Despite population growth more than doubling it is less expensive to maintain the basic necessities of life than any other period of history! Food production has increase exponentially, prices have decreased, and land usage has remained constant. Check it out here.
One example:
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