Human Carrying Capacity of the Earth
Benjamin Rubinger
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S1E9 Heat
Introduces thermodynamic problems for human habitats, whether to make the Earth's surface uninhabitable, outgoing longwave radiation (OLR), eliminating the greenhouse effect using sequestration, the…
S1E8 Energy
Discusses energy generation technologies, passive vs active, considers conventional nuclear power, geothermal, terrestrial solar power, space-based solar power (SBSP), the energy required per person,…
S1E7 Elements
Introduces elemental limits, and analyzes Oxygen, Silicon, Calcium, Iron, Aluminum, Nitrogen, Carbon, Chromium, Copper, Potassium and Phosphorus. Addresses waste management and recycling.
S1E6 Food
Explains indoor agriculture, compares indoor vs outdoor agriculture, and emphasizes the omnivorous diet.
S1E5 Water
Describes water management, the water required per-person and the Earth population limit of water.
S1E4 Space
Covers the square-cube law, the volume required per person, a moderate scenario using only already-inhabited land, the habitable space of the Earth, and the Earth population limit of habitable space.
S1E3 Rules of This Game
Describes the purpose and approach of this analysis, provides a timeline of population growth, and lists all of the bottlenecks it will consider.
S1E2 Environmental Conservation
Explains and addresses environmental concerns, offers space colonization as the solution to conservation concerns, and keeps the focus on the limit analysis of human carrying capacity on Earth.
S1E1 Introduction
Welcome to Human Carrying Capacity of the Earth! This chapter covers the question, what carrying capacity is, what sustainable is, and describes previous work with other estimates of the human…
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