Conserving Energy: A Blunt Instrument

Conserving Energy: A Blunt Instrument

2025, while higher mortality rates in
the poorer, hungier countries gradually cut average world life ex-
pectancy from 55 years in 1975 to 45 in 2025, world population will
stabilize for the following 50 years, while mortality slowly decreases
and life expectancy rises to 63. This last projection suggests a stable
world population of about 6 billion 2075 but, says Echols, the
price will be "terrible suffering for the less developed Southern
Hemisphere."
"Save Energy,...

Share:
Read Time:

More From This Issue