1. Nature
Elwell writes, "Our ability to produce children will always exceed our ability to secure food for their survival. ... By 2040 we would need to triple the global food supply in order to meet basic food needs, but doing so would require a 1000 percent increase in the total energy expended in food production. ... Our species has flourished, but we've changed our environment too fast for other species to adapt. ... We're approaching a point where the world's ecosystem will change too fast for even us to adapt. ... Sooner or later, population growth would completely outstrip the capa...
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