It's always fun to pick on the UN; after all, their 'peacekeepers' are rapists, their 'health workers' are groomers, and then there's the W.H.O. as the frosting on the cake.
So are they wrong again?
...The United Nations has predicted that humanity will continue its rapid expansion into the next century, growing from just under 8 billion today to more than 11 billion by 2100. An oft-repeated interpretation of this data is that people are having too many babies, and many of the models for climate change and environmental degradation are based on projections like these. In August, the U.N. declared a “code red for humanity” over climate change and overpopulation...
That's been their story for a few decades.
But there's a counter-narrative, too.
...However, a demographic study funded by the Gates Foundation and published in the Lancet, a medical journal, paints a much different picture. This study, conducted by researchers at the University of Washington, predicts that the global human population will peak at 9.7 billion within several decades, and then start to decline. “Once global population decline begins,” the authors write, “it will probably continue inexorably.”...
So in 100 years or so, real estate will get affordable again?
What we do know is this: 'experts' are usually wrong about any prediction for more than 20 years away. Polar bears are fine, and ice caps remain firmly in control of both poles.
But the Doom Crowd won't shut up; that'll endanger sales of whatever snake oil they're developing to "cure" the problem. And "follow the money" is one formula which never fails.
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