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Originally Posted by Doc
A "quick google search" on global warming and population growth is like asking a politician's PR spokesperson if what the politician said was true...
Consider this. It took however long we've been on this planet until 1962 to reach a global population of 3 billion. 50 years later in 2012 the global population was 7 billion; we added 4 billion in only 50 years. We more than doubled the growth of all time in only 50 years. Only 6 years after 2012, we've passed 8 billion. We're adding more people at a rate faster than the rate between 1962 and 2012. It took 50 years to add 4 billion, we just added over 1 billion in only 6 years. If that rate simply stabilizes, doesn't increase, we'd be adding 1 billion every 6 years which means adding 4 billion in only 24 years; less than half the time it took to add 4 billion between 1962 and 2012.
There's no reason to expect the growth rate will stabilize. It's a matter of sheer numbers. If half the women in China simply have one child, that will add more people in 9 months than the entire population of the United States. And that's just China. India has reached 1 billion too.
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You are very right and a didn’t mean to imply a google search was the right way way to conduct research. In fact, if you feel strongly about the subjects of global warming and human population , you should look for peer reviewed research. It’s a great way to validate scholarly work.
Take care and enjoy the rest of your weekend.