The Search For Rhyme And Reason

Editorial by: Tom Oosterhoudt

Those of you who have followed my editorials for some time may have noticed that from time to time I often try to give a reality check and put things into their often stunning perspective. Take the earths population now estimated by the Census Bureau to be 6.778 billion. It seems there has bot been a major die off since the Black Death in 1400. According to current projections, the world population will continue to grow until around 20050. World births have leveled off at 134 million a year. Because births outnumber deaths, the world’s population is expected…