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Humans will number 10 to 11 billion before the curve starts pointing downward. Even China, the supposed basket case of population collapse will "collapse" to their level of a few decades ago. The current population was supposed to be catastrophically overpopulated.

I don't agree with them but there are significant numbers of people who think 10 or 11 billion is way beyond sustainability.



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