[LMB] [OT] May I do this?

[Ibis]

So, what has happened to North America and Europe?  6% each... and flat
distribution of age... licensed procreation - each adult permitted one
child?

On 18/12/06, B. Ross Ashley <redlion at sff.net> wrote:
>
> On Mon, 18 Dec 2006 17:41:58 -0500 (EST), James Nicoll
> <jdnicoll at panix.com> wrote:
> > OK, here's the question. No offense to anyone intended. Suppose
> > you are told the Earth of AD 2300 has the following characteristics:
> > > No space exploitation beyond information retrieval.
> > >
> > >         36 billion people (Africa ~ 22%, Asia ~ 57%, Latin
> > > America and Caribbean ~ 9%, North America 6%, Europe ~ 6%,
> > > Oceania ~ ha!). Age distribution is fairly flat, distributed
> > > mainly between 0 and 100 years (although a minority of the
> > > population is older than 100 years of age).
> > >
> > >         What would you expect such a world to be like?
> > > (Explain your reasoning.)
>
>
> Hoo, boy. I expect it'll be much warmer, with much more chaotic weather,
> since the industries and agriculture necessary to support all those
> people are going to generate a huge amount of waste heat as well as
> greenhouse gases. (I'm not counting on the Kyoto Protocols having much
> of an effect.) Political stability will be even more elusive than it is
> today; the best I would hope for in such a situation would be a _Stand
> On Zanzibar_ scenario; the worst, rather less palatable than _The Sheep
> Look Up_. (And yes, I love John Brunner's books.)
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