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What do Neo-Malthusians advocate for?
What do Neo-Malthusians advocate for?
- Exploitation of natural resources for immediate gains
- Population control through contraception, family planning, and education (correct)
- Reliance solely on technological advancements to address resource scarcity
- Unrestricted population growth
What is the theoretical limit of population that a system can sustain known as?
What is the theoretical limit of population that a system can sustain known as?
- The Great Acceleration
- The Green Evolution
- Exponential Growth
- Carrying Capacity (correct)
What does Malthusian thinking about population growth assert?
What does Malthusian thinking about population growth assert?
- Population growth has no impact on resource scarcity and social strife
- Food production grows linearly while population multiplies exponentially, leading to inevitable resource scarcity and social strife (correct)
- Population grows linearly while food production multiplies exponentially, leading to resource abundance
- Resource scarcity is a myth perpetuated by Malthusian thinking
What are the ecological implications of Exponential Growth?
What are the ecological implications of Exponential Growth?
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What did The Green Evolution lead to concerning agricultural yields?
What did The Green Evolution lead to concerning agricultural yields?
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