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		gscott on July 15, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The global fertility rate is falling Most of the United States is unpopulated. We can easily double our population and be fine.

chillwaves on July 15, 2020 [–]

That's not the bottleneck. At present consumption levels, doubling the population of the United States would be disastrous.

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