| So we hit 10 billion, and then WHAMO, a billion or two people die? I don't think so. These changes are gradual, and the responses commensurate, tending towards equilibrium. The only way this wouldn't happen is if there were widespread government interference in the market, e.g. the kind that lead to the Great Depression of the 1930's. The other concerns you speak of are mainly a concern of regional population patterns and not global population. Regarding sea level rise, it won't impact the amount of arable land appreciably on a global scale. If you have a problem with water being a commodity then I'm not sure we can have a creditable discussion given our rather stark philosophical differences. I suspect that you lack confidence in the benevolence and utility of a free market, i.e. people.
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