"sufficient space and food" ArgumentList "internalise environmental costs"
  Argument "Man kann nicht anfangen, die Menschen zu töten"   (E/F)

"Aber wir können doch nicht Milliarden von Menschen umbringen?" Of course we can't. The suggestion could be a desperate recognition of the seriousness of the problems we are facing. It could be a trial to divert from the question of growth. The "killing" suggestion can be answered with serious proposals of planned reduction of resource use, following a general halt to the growth policies. World population was estimated at 6 026 159 087 (6,026 billion) as we web-mounted this somber page on 20.11.1999 onto our New Zealand web site, together with a population counter. The world population is still rising: 6,534 billion was the number on 8. July 2006 at 12:00 h.6,619 billion was the number on 4. August 2007 at 16:45 h, as we wrote this page. running counter... Also see Population "Answers" Make room! .

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