Tag Archives: Population

Population policy

Back in the day, the response to any proposal for more housing, or train lines, or new suburbs was:

Let’s not build it, who wants another million people?!?

It’s a classic case of mistaken identity between our old friends, that nebulous duo, cause and effect. In fact, the need to support another million people is almost a fait accompli. Continue reading

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Global population : too much?

A wit said to me ‘people think population is like a party – the more the better’.  But what if the beer runs out? What if the empties start piling up round our chin?  What if the queue for the … Continue reading

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