Can You Say Overshoot?
No? Well, how about this ... can you say 7 billion?
The world's population surpassed 6 billion in 1999, meaning it will take only 13 years to add a billion people.By comparison, the number of people didn't reach 1 billion until 1800, said Carl Haub, a demographer at the Population Reference Bureau. It didn't reach 2 billion until 130 years later.
1 billion in 13 years. That's how you get a hockey stick graph ...
This is a demand-driven energy crisis we are experiencing. Interesting times indeed.
