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Human Carrying Capacity of the Earth

Human Carrying Capacity of the Earth

By: Benjamin Rubinger
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 Reveals the enormous physical possibilities of happy, healthy human populations on Earth, using only current technologies and their expectable developments. Go beyond gloomy population limits of 4 - 10 billion to see exactly how we can support trillions with this series of limit analyses. Nature & Ecology Philosophy Science Social Sciences
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  • Heat

    Heat
    Dec 10 2025
    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 thermal structure of the human habitat, the Earth population limit of heat, thermodynamic bottlenecks, and the conclusion.
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    35 mins
  • Energy

    Energy
    Dec 9 2025
    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, the Earth population limits of geothermal and terrestrial solar, the challenges of a space-based solar power constellation, and SBSP scaling
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    19 mins
  • Elements

    Elements
    Dec 8 2025
    Introduces elemental limits, and analyzes Oxygen, Silicon, Calcium, Iron, Aluminum, Nitrogen, Carbon, Chromium, Copper, Potassium and Phosphorus. Addresses waste management and recycling.
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    9 mins
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