The shadow of the world's future, or The earth's population possibilities & the consequences of the present rate of increase of the earth's inhabitants

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Identifikator:: 1775636852

URN:: urn:nbn:de:zbw-retromon-164018

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Author:: Knibbs, George Handley http://d-nb.info/gnd/1045010944

Title:: The shadow of the world's future, or The earth's population possibilities & the consequences of the present rate of increase of the earth's inhabitants

Place of publication:: London

Publisher:: Ernest Benn Limited

Year of publication:: (1928)

Scope:: 131 Seiten

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Collection:: Economics Books

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Title:: Chapter III. Man's agricultural, forestal and animal needs

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CHAPTER III MAN'S AGRICULTURAL, FORESTAL AND ANIMAL NEEDS ANY attempt accurately to estimate the population- carrying power of the world, requires that account shall be taken both of Man’s agricultural and his forestal needs, and, as life is organised at present, account must also be taken of animals required for transport, for clothing, for food, and for other and minor purposes. There can be little doubt that as the world’s population-density increases, Man will become more vegetarian in his diet, for this will better economise his energy and the earth-space per capita which he must occupy. He will also use fewer animals for transport. Existing statistical returns for examining relevant facts are unfortunately by no means complete, but as regards existing numbers, the following have been recently recorded (1921), the unit being a million: — Year. Horses. Cattle. Sheep. Goats. Pigs. Total. (911 89:1 539-0 4466 107-6 158-2 1340-5 millions. 1921 99-8 10-9 532-2 116-8 2087 1468.4 Besides these, are those animals of which no record has yet been obtained. There are also considerable numbers of asses, buffaloes, camels, caribou, deer, elks, elephants, llamas, reindeer, etc., for some of which there are no statistical records whatsoever. For 1922, the number of 36:40 million buffaloes was recorded and also 1-14 million camels, but these were not the complete totals. The aggregate for the larger animals probably closely approximates to the 1950 millions representing the human total, and 28

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