Land, Water and Energy Versus the Ideal U.S. Population
Click here for a downloadable, printable PDF version Scientific evidence is mounting concerning rapid population growth in the United States that is causing the deterioration of life supporting environmental resources (Bartlett and Lytwak, 1995; Grant, 2000, 2003; Pimentel and Pimentel, 2003; Sachs, 2004). Genuine concerns are expressed about future food security, prosperity, quality of human life, and maintaining the personal …
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The End of Fossil Fuels: Part 2. Twilight or Dawn?
Click here for a downloadable, printable PDF version  Part 1 addressed the period of decline of fossil fuels, lasting perhaps through much of this century,and concluded that the fossil fuel era has been a brief spike that generated an unsustainable growth in population and, in the industrial world, consumption. We are entering an age of overshoot. Humankind may have …
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The End of Fossil Fuels Part 1. How Long the Twilight?
Click here for a downloadable, printable PDF version This country and the world are in for profound change as the petroleum boom winds down. I find that even specialists in the fields that will be most affected have not seriously considered what that transition will be like or how they will handle it. This study is an effort to describe …
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The New American Century
The New American Century An NPG Forum Paper by Lindsey Grant December 2023 Click here for a downloadable, printable PDF version. In 1997, a small group of neo-conservatives organized the Project for the New American Century (PNAC) and published a Statement of Principles. The organization’s name describes its state of mind. Its philosophy is perhaps most succinctly expressed in a …
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HUMANITARIAN IMMIGRATION: THIRD WORLD “PERSECUTION” SWAMPS THE WEST
Arrivals of new immigrants and births to children of immigrants already here now account for about two-thirds of America’s population growth.
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It’s the Numbers Stupid!
Click here for a downloadable, printable PDF version In 1992, Candidate Bill Clinton’s election campaign manager is said to have tacked a paper to the bulletin board with the slogan: “It’s the economy, stupid!” I will borrow that blunt but effective message for this paper. From coast to coast, crowding has become a central issue at the local level, but …
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Forecasting the Unknowable: The U.N. “World Population Prospects: The 2002 Revision
Click here for a downloadable, printable PDF version The United Nations Population Division has put the highlights of its new population estimates and projections onto the Web1. Present world population is 6.3 billion. It is projected to rise to 8.9 billion by 2050, a number almost identical to the 1998 projection but 400 million below the 2000 version and slightly …
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DIVERGING DEMOGRAPHY, CONVERGING DESTINIES: GROWTH, INTERDEPENDENCE, MIGRATION AND WORLD INSTABILITIES
Much of human activity can be characterized as accidental experiments.
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Amnesty: Overpopulation by Fiat
Click here for a downloadable, printable PDF version SUMMARYPolitical and diplomatic promises made by both parties make it likely that the Bush White House and the new 108th Congress, despite public opposition, will take up the nagging issue of amnesty for as many as six million illegal immigrants before the 2004 national elections. Amnesty, as now envisioned by both parties, …
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An NPG Commentary: The United Nations World Summit on Sustainable Development – A Counter-Productive Exercise in Futility (An NPG Internet Forum Paper)
Click here for a downloadable, printable PDF version The World Summit on Sustainable Development concluded its 10 days of deliberations at Johannesburg on September 4th. If the purpose of the conference was to define the problem and then advocate an adequate solution to it the conference was a disappointing – although not an unexpected – failure. Based on newspaper reports, …
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