Dick Smith's Population Crisis

The dangers of unsustainable growth for Australia

Häftad, Engelska, 2011

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In 2011 the world's population exceeded 7 billion. Each year we add nearly 80 million people and by mid-century we will require twice as much food and double the energy we use today. Australia will be deeply affected by these trends - we have the fastest growing population of any developed nation.These are the staggering facts that confronted Dick Smith. They set him on his crusade to alert us to the dangers of unsustainable growth. They are the facts that have convinced him that if we are to ensure the survival of our civilisation and the health of the planet then we must put a stop to population growth, now.As our cities continue their unrestrained growth, as we battle daily on crowded public transport and clogged freeways, and as we confront the reality of water and power shortages, Dick challenges the long-held myth that growth is good for us. But more importantly he offers ways for us to re-invent our economy, to reassess the way we live and to at least slow down that ticking clock. This is a provocative, powerful and urgent call to arms.

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Utgivningsdatum:2011-06-01
Mått:128 x 198 x 18 mm
Vikt:274 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:240
Förlag:Allen & Unwin
ISBN:9781742376578

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Dick Smith is one of Australia's most recognised individuals. A multi-millionaire philanthropist and adventurer, who originally made his fortune retailing electronics and then founded Australian Geographic magazine, Dick Smith has since become well known as a restless adventurer, making many pioneering and record breaking flights by helicopter, aeroplane and balloon.

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Introduction: The People Problem-How a Growing Population Makes Everything Harder, for Australia and the World1. Welcome to the World of Exponential Growth2. The Wide Brown Land has Finite Limits3. Mouths to Feed-Will We Have Enough Food and Water or be Killed Off First by Obesity?4. Dying for a Drink5. The Future is Blowin' in the Wind6. Fewer Fish, Bigger People7. People and Power-Population Increase and Dwindling Energy Supplies8. Preparing Ourselves for the Age of Scarcity-the N2N Path from Natural Gas to Nuclear9. Risky Business-Climate Change and Population Increase10. Overshoot-Too Many People and Too Much Stuff11. Our Addiction to Exponential Growth12. The Search for Solutions-The Girl Effect13. The Search for Solutions-Sharing the Wealth14. The Search for Solutions-Curing the Growth Addiction15. Summing It Up-The State of the World TodayAppendix: There is an Alternative to Runaway Population-Kelvin Thomson's 14-point Plan for Population ReformAcknowledgementsNotes