We can’t go on flooding the planet with people – something has to give. Looks at worldwide statistics to set the scene, but the emphasis is on the social aspects. Will we need to curtail life expectancy? What is happening to fertility? What will limit us? What is the future of migration? Will we run out of food and water? Can we learn anything from the animal kingdom? And is a super virus ready to pounce?
Views: 334 | Enquiries: 126 years at the Atomic Energy Authority. In 1995 I took up a post in an engineering company in Gloucester, working on surface coatings. I became the Research and Development Director and retired after 16 years in 2011. I continued with consultancy work, including companies in the power generation industry. My degree is in physics, at Birmingham.
I speak on 14 varied subjects, including Climate Change, Energy, Population (A bomb?), Water (Elixir of life), Money (How does it all work?), Dreams (Own theory), David Attenborough (Is he right?), Ordnance Survey, Covid, ET (Will we ever shake his hand?), Robotics, Waste, Apocalypse (what will wipe us out first?), Jesus (the real man)
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