END POPULATION EXPLOSION (petition)

04-01-2009, 03:25 PM

The population growth of the USA is 0.833% per year according to this:

http://flagcounter.com/factbook/us

From their population figures for 2008 (303,824,640 (July 2008 est.)) that means growth to 306,507,411 by July 2009. 35 million births but a population increase of only 3 million? Even taking the death rate into account those numbers do not add up. I suggest that the data presented by that video is at best very misleading, just like most factoid statistics.

"There are lies, damned lies and statistics."

However, I'm not arguing that the problem doesn't exist, just that the solutions proposed will perpetuate the status quo that created them in the first place. THEY DO NOT ADDRESS THE CAUSES OF THE PROBLEM! Until those causes are addressed we haven't a hope of sorting this problem out in a long-term, meaningful way.

04-01-2009, 03:25 PM	#11
Steve_G Guest Posts: n/a	Re: END POPULATION EXPLOSION (petition) The population growth of the USA is 0.833% per year according to this: http://flagcounter.com/factbook/us From their population figures for 2008 (303,824,640 (July 2008 est.)) that means growth to 306,507,411 by July 2009. 35 million births but a population increase of only 3 million? Even taking the death rate into account those numbers do not add up. I suggest that the data presented by that video is at best very misleading, just like most factoid statistics. "There are lies, damned lies and statistics." However, I'm not arguing that the problem doesn't exist, just that the solutions proposed will perpetuate the status quo that created them in the first place. THEY DO NOT ADDRESS THE CAUSES OF THE PROBLEM! Until those causes are addressed we haven't a hope of sorting this problem out in a long-term, meaningful way.