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Seven billion People! One billion Cars!
Shocking!! Especially when most of the nations in the world are still at various stages of economic development and the average household size across most of them is about 4 people. This translates to about 1 car for every 2 households!!! With a population size of 312 million, United States alone has over 240 million [...]
mega cities \ population \ sustainability \ urbanization
Urban Future – A BIG Question Mark?
Trailing thoughts -> World population (2030) will be 8 billion -> 60% of these will live in cities -> almost 5 billion urban dwellers -> 20% of these will live in slums and similar deplorable conditions, that is 1 billion -> we are sitting on a time bomb without adequate urban infrastructure, water and sanitation, [...]
food demand \ organic food \ population
Organic Food to Sustain Future Food Demands
A growing population eventually means growing pressures on food demands the world over. With an estimated population of over 8 billion by 2030, the food demand is expected to surpass $30 trillion mark by the same year. This implies that the agricultural yield have to improve significantly to support larger food demands to feed the [...]
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