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Facing the Peak Oil Crisis: Understanding World Population Growth and Sustainability

Learn how total human environmental impact on Earth is calculated and explore the consequences of rapid population growth rates. Understand the ideal population for a sustainable future and how past historical events have influenced population spikes. Delve into the history of industrial revolutions, resource exploitation, and the importance of finding a balance with our planet's limited resources. Join Population Matters to contribute to a sustainable future. For more information, visit www.populationmatters.org.

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Facing the Peak Oil Crisis: Understanding World Population Growth and Sustainability

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  1. WORLD POPULATION: TROUBLE AHEAD Total human environmental impact on Planet Earth = average impact per person x number of people Current growth rates: 80 million extra people per year, 1.5 million per week, 10,000 per hour Natural resources (oil, water, soil etc.) per person = total resources ÷ number of people Planet Earth’s ideal population (sustainable and in balance with the environment) would be about 2.7 billion ? PEAK OIL Queen Elizabeth II POPULATION (BILLIONS) INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION Queen Victoria 3. THE HUMAN POPULATION SPIKE Caused by exploitation, then exhaustion, of fossil fuels Queen Elizabeth I Invention of Agriculture Julius Caesar Sustainable level? Otzi ‘Iceman’ Black Death BC AD BRONZE AGE IRON AGE STONE AGES THOUSANDS OF YEARS Population Matters is the working name of the Optimum Population Trust. Charity no.1114109 Join at www.populationmatters.org Graph by Dr. William Stanton

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