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I disagree with almost everything that you have posted - either because the content of the post is wrong, or because an anthropocentric view like mine doesn't care about the implications that you have stated.
We are nowhere near our capacity for growth. Population growth alarmists like yourself have been around since Thomas Malthus in the 18th century, and Paul Ehrlich in the 1970s. These people, like yourself, have been proved wrong, and will contuinue to be proven wrong. Population growth benefits our species - find there is a massive body of literature that supports my statement (increased labour specialization, improved economic efficiency are the two main reasons it is good).
Russia and China economic powerhouses in the future? Neither will come close to the US. Both have serious demographic problems that will cripple them in the coming decades. Additionally, oil consumption as a % of GDP has been going down overall over the past few decades. But for doomesday sayers like yourself high oil prices are another reason to say the SKY IS FALLING.
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