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Lorenzo L. Love wrote:
> On Fri, 13 Oct 2006 14:07:54 -0700, bill <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Lorenzo L. Love wrote:
>>> On Wed, 11 Oct 2006 04:12:15 -0700, george conklin <[email protected]>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>> "Lorenzo L. Love" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>>>> newsp.tg8lacqipheghf@ibm22761843607...
>>>>>
>>>>> What is it about "gradually increasing fertility rates" that you do
>>>>> not
>>>>> understand?
>>>>
>>>> What YOU do not understand is that the future growth of
>>>> populations is
>>>> measured by the Total Fertility Rates, or TFRs. These are
>>>> calculated by the
>>>> census for nations and they say that 63 nations are no longer
>>>> reproducing
>>>> themselves. I suggest you check out the population pyramid projections
>>>> which the census makes available, both for the USA and most other
>>>> nations of
>>>> the world. Stop simply guessing.
>>>>
>>>>
>>> No guessing needed. The U.S. has a population growth rate of +0.91%.
>>> Australia +0.85%, France +0.35%, United Kingdom +0.28%, Italy +0.04%,
>>> Japan +0.02%. This info is from the wild and crazy guys at the C.I.A.
>>> By the way, the C.I.A. says there are 272 nations which much mean
>>> there are 209 nations are reproducing themselves. And then some as
>>> the world population growth rate is +1.14% with a birth rate of 20.05
>>> births/1,000 population and a death rate of 8.67 deaths/1,000
>>> population. Whole lot of reproducing going on. The counties that have
>>> negative growth rates are for the most part either tiny or not
>>> something anyone would inspire to. Like Russia which has a population
>>> growth rate of -0.37% but also an infant mortality two and half times
>>> that of the U.S. and a life expectancy ten years less. Is Russia your
>>> ideal for the future of the world?
>>> Lorenzo L. Love
>>> http://home.thegrid.net/~lllove
>>> "...democracy cannot survive overpopulation. Human dignity cannot
>>> survive it. Convenience and decency cannot survive it. As you put
>>> more and more people into the world, the value of life not only
>>> declines, it disappears. It doesn't matter if someone dies. The more
>>> people there are, the less one individual matters."
>>> Isaac Asimov
>> Where did they come up with 272 nations? The last I heard it was 201
>> or something like that. When I was in grade school I think it was only
>> about 104 or something close. Is somebody minting new countries?
>> Bill Baka
>
> Since you missed it, I'll repeat "the C.I.A. says there are 272
> nations". That was as of 5 October, 2006. There may be more by now.
I didn't miss it, that was why I posted to ask. "The C.I.A. says" may
just be all I want to know.
Bill Baka
>
> Lorenzo L. Love
> http://home.thegrid.net/~lllove
>
> "We are living beyond our means. As a people we have developed a
> life-style that is draining the earth of its priceless and irreplaceable
> resources without regard for the future of our children and people all
> around the world."
> Margaret Mead
> On Fri, 13 Oct 2006 14:07:54 -0700, bill <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Lorenzo L. Love wrote:
>>> On Wed, 11 Oct 2006 04:12:15 -0700, george conklin <[email protected]>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>> "Lorenzo L. Love" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>>>> newsp.tg8lacqipheghf@ibm22761843607...
>>>>>
>>>>> What is it about "gradually increasing fertility rates" that you do
>>>>> not
>>>>> understand?
>>>>
>>>> What YOU do not understand is that the future growth of
>>>> populations is
>>>> measured by the Total Fertility Rates, or TFRs. These are
>>>> calculated by the
>>>> census for nations and they say that 63 nations are no longer
>>>> reproducing
>>>> themselves. I suggest you check out the population pyramid projections
>>>> which the census makes available, both for the USA and most other
>>>> nations of
>>>> the world. Stop simply guessing.
>>>>
>>>>
>>> No guessing needed. The U.S. has a population growth rate of +0.91%.
>>> Australia +0.85%, France +0.35%, United Kingdom +0.28%, Italy +0.04%,
>>> Japan +0.02%. This info is from the wild and crazy guys at the C.I.A.
>>> By the way, the C.I.A. says there are 272 nations which much mean
>>> there are 209 nations are reproducing themselves. And then some as
>>> the world population growth rate is +1.14% with a birth rate of 20.05
>>> births/1,000 population and a death rate of 8.67 deaths/1,000
>>> population. Whole lot of reproducing going on. The counties that have
>>> negative growth rates are for the most part either tiny or not
>>> something anyone would inspire to. Like Russia which has a population
>>> growth rate of -0.37% but also an infant mortality two and half times
>>> that of the U.S. and a life expectancy ten years less. Is Russia your
>>> ideal for the future of the world?
>>> Lorenzo L. Love
>>> http://home.thegrid.net/~lllove
>>> "...democracy cannot survive overpopulation. Human dignity cannot
>>> survive it. Convenience and decency cannot survive it. As you put
>>> more and more people into the world, the value of life not only
>>> declines, it disappears. It doesn't matter if someone dies. The more
>>> people there are, the less one individual matters."
>>> Isaac Asimov
>> Where did they come up with 272 nations? The last I heard it was 201
>> or something like that. When I was in grade school I think it was only
>> about 104 or something close. Is somebody minting new countries?
>> Bill Baka
>
> Since you missed it, I'll repeat "the C.I.A. says there are 272
> nations". That was as of 5 October, 2006. There may be more by now.
I didn't miss it, that was why I posted to ask. "The C.I.A. says" may
just be all I want to know.
Bill Baka
>
> Lorenzo L. Love
> http://home.thegrid.net/~lllove
>
> "We are living beyond our means. As a people we have developed a
> life-style that is draining the earth of its priceless and irreplaceable
> resources without regard for the future of our children and people all
> around the world."
> Margaret Mead