Welcome to the planet, number 8 billion!

By Anthony Sadar

Published November 25, 2022 5:49am ET

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Welcome to the planet, number 8 billion! — Oh no — the world now has 8 billion people devouring its natural resources! Ten years ago there were only 7 billion people. The planet is being overrun! We can’t feed all those new mouths! We’re doomed! GLOBAL POPULATION SURPASSES EIGHT BILLION FOR FIRST TIME Not so fast. A straightforward calculation puts an apparent disaster […]

Oh no — the world now has 8 billion people devouring its natural resources!

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