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(3.5) | None | Be fruitful, advocates Judeo-Christian Scripture, and multiply, and replenish the earth. Historical demographics reveal how diligently we ve complied with this Eleventh Commandment. ] Eight millennia before the Savior s birth, global population is inferred to have been roughly five millions. When Julius Caesar fell to the daggers of envious men, the estimate jumps to approximately two hundred and fifty millions, then escalates in the mid-seventeenth century to half a billion. By 1850 it reached one billion, and circa 1930"oless than a century later"osome two billion humans lived out their lives in the world s continents and islands. At the turn of the third millennium, six billion crowded the globe, and the fragile planetary environment began to show definite signs of a marginal ability to sustain them. Despite wars, famines, plagues and other natural disasters, the relentless numbers keep marching upward at an alarming, exponential rate--three or four births each second, eleven or twelve thousand per hour--and will double again in a relatively short span of years. But what lies beyond the crucial nexus when our planet can no longer tolerate the succeeding multitudes? Learn the draconian population control tactic illustrated in TRIAGE, and pray that this fictional account never turns into reality."… (more) |
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Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth . . .
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(Prologue) Most summer afternoons between three and four o'clock sixteen million denizens of the Greater Denver megalopolis deal with a minor inconvenience. Prevailing westerlies shove warm, humid air from the Great Plains against the Continental Divide. The moist influx rises, collides with cooler, drier air high above the mountains, and the moisture condenses. Pedestrians scurry for cover as thundershowers drench the region, but not for long. The air soon clears magically, the sun reappears, and for a time the Rockies can be seen rearing stark and majestic against a cerulean sky. | |
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▾References References to this work on external resources. Wikipedia in EnglishNone ▾Book descriptions Be fruitful, advocates Judeo-Christian Scripture, and multiply, and replenish the earth. Historical demographics reveal how diligently we ve complied with this Eleventh Commandment. ] Eight millennia before the Savior s birth, global population is inferred to have been roughly five millions. When Julius Caesar fell to the daggers of envious men, the estimate jumps to approximately two hundred and fifty millions, then escalates in the mid-seventeenth century to half a billion. By 1850 it reached one billion, and circa 1930"oless than a century later"osome two billion humans lived out their lives in the world s continents and islands. At the turn of the third millennium, six billion crowded the globe, and the fragile planetary environment began to show definite signs of a marginal ability to sustain them. Despite wars, famines, plagues and other natural disasters, the relentless numbers keep marching upward at an alarming, exponential rate--three or four births each second, eleven or twelve thousand per hour--and will double again in a relatively short span of years. But what lies beyond the crucial nexus when our planet can no longer tolerate the succeeding multitudes? Learn the draconian population control tactic illustrated in TRIAGE, and pray that this fictional account never turns into reality." ▾Library descriptions No library descriptions found. ▾LibraryThing members' description
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“Be fruitful,” advises Judeo-Christian Scripture, “and multiply, and replenish the earth.” How diligently have we complied with this 11th Commandment! Eight centuries BCE, the estimated global population of five millions soared to roughly 250 millions when Julius Caesar fell, then escalated in the mid-17th century to around half a billion. A significant global benchmark of roughly one billion was reached in 1850, doubling to two billions circa 1930. By 2001 six billions-plus crowded the world, and the fragile environment began to show definite signs of a marginal ability to sustain them. Despite wars, famines, pestilence and a plethora of natural disasters, the relentless numbers keep marching upward at the alarming, exponential rate of three or four births per second, eleven or twelve thousand per hour, hence the global population is again due to double in a relatively short span. But what lies beyond the crucial nexus when our planet can no longer tolerate the succeeding multitudes? Learn the draconian population control tactic illustrated in TRIAGE and pray that this fictional account never becomes a reality. | |
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