Comments on: Book review – Empty Planet: The Shock of Global Population Decline/2019/05/03/book-review-empty-planet-the-shock-of-global-population-decline/Reviewing fascinating science books since 2017Tue, 05 Dec 2023 16:53:23 +0000hourly1http://wordpress.com/By: Book review – A (Very) Short History of Life On Earth: 4.6 Billion Years in 12 Chapters | The Inquisitive Biologist/2019/05/03/book-review-empty-planet-the-shock-of-global-population-decline/comment-page-1/#comment-33980Mon, 15 Nov 2021 10:44:50 +0000http://inquisitivebiologist.wordpress.com/?p=3464#comment-33980[…] In an upbeat manner, he writes that we are already phasing out fossil fuels and can expect our world population to plateau. Part of his optimism might stem from his agreement with e.g. Michael Hannah that technically it is […]

Like

]]>By: Book review – Malthus: The Life and Legacies of an Untimely Prophet | The Inquisitive Biologist/2019/05/03/book-review-empty-planet-the-shock-of-global-population-decline/comment-page-1/#comment-17621Thu, 11 Feb 2021 11:25:06 +0000http://inquisitivebiologist.wordpress.com/?p=3464#comment-17621[…] That brings Mayhew to our time. The concerns may have shifted to climate change, the Anthropocene, and (after this book was published) Extinction Rebellion, but Malthus continues to underpin this thinking. Of note is the rise of the field of “environmental security” that links population, climate, agriculture, and culture. It sees policymakers worrying about climate refugees and food crises. And, of course, there is continued pushback on the topic of overpopulation. […]

Like

]]>By: Book review – Abundant Earth: Toward an Ecological Civilization | The Inquisitive Biologist/2019/05/03/book-review-empty-planet-the-shock-of-global-population-decline/comment-page-1/#comment-13755Thu, 22 Oct 2020 14:38:47 +0000http://inquisitivebiologist.wordpress.com/?p=3464#comment-13755[…] and the universal availability of contraception and family planning as the only solution. We have good evidence that this works. (Though, hey, what about men? Who is getting all these women pregnant? Yes, she […]

Like

]]>By: Book review – More from Less: The Surprising Story of How We Learned to Prosper Using Fewer Resources – And What Happens Next | The Inquisitive Biologist/2019/05/03/book-review-empty-planet-the-shock-of-global-population-decline/comment-page-1/#comment-9270Mon, 27 Apr 2020 10:09:06 +0000http://inquisitivebiologist.wordpress.com/?p=3464#comment-9270[…] Technology. Population is still increasing but a plateau is in sight. As mentioned in my review of Empty Planet, I do think current numbers already have an outsized environmental impact, so the questions posed […]

Like

]]>By: Cor Hendriks – Black Pill (1): Het einde van de mensheid | Rob Scholte Museum/2019/05/03/book-review-empty-planet-the-shock-of-global-population-decline/comment-page-1/#comment-7284Fri, 13 Dec 2019 23:06:55 +0000http://inquisitivebiologist.wordpress.com/?p=3464#comment-7284[…] En https://inquisitivebiologist.wordpress.com/2019/05/03/book-review-empty-planet-the-shock-of-global-p… […]

Like

]]>By: Book review – Abundant Earth: Toward an Ecological Civilization | The Inquisitive Biologist/2019/05/03/book-review-empty-planet-the-shock-of-global-population-decline/comment-page-1/#comment-6599Mon, 11 Nov 2019 12:58:36 +0000http://inquisitivebiologist.wordpress.com/?p=3464#comment-6599[…] family planning as the only solution. We have good evidence that this works, see also my review of Empty Planet: The Shock of Global Population Decline. (Though, hey, what about men? Who is getting all these women pregnant? Yes, she remarks that […]

Like

]]>By: inquisitivebiologist/2019/05/03/book-review-empty-planet-the-shock-of-global-population-decline/comment-page-1/#comment-5750Mon, 16 Sep 2019 19:56:00 +0000http://inquisitivebiologist.wordpress.com/?p=3464#comment-5750For a more thorough critique of this book and its premises, also see John McKeown’s review over at The Overpopulation Project:
https://overpopulation-project.com/review-of-empty-planet-the-shock-of-global-population-decline-by-darrell-bricker-and-john-ibbitson-part-1/

Like

]]>By: Book review – Malthus: The Life and Legacies of an Untimely Prophet | The Inquisitive Biologist/2019/05/03/book-review-empty-planet-the-shock-of-global-population-decline/comment-page-1/#comment-5746Mon, 16 Sep 2019 09:13:12 +0000http://inquisitivebiologist.wordpress.com/?p=3464#comment-5746[…] That brings Mayhew to our time. The concerns may have shifted to climate change, the Anthropocene, and (after this book was published) Extinction Rebellion, but Malthus continues to underpin this thinking. Of note is the rise of the field of “environmental security” that links population, climate, agriculture, and culture. It sees policymakers worrying about climate refugees and food crises. And, of course, there is continued pushback on the topic of overpopulation (see e.g. my review of Empty Planet: The Shock of Global Population Decline). […]

Like

]]>