Maximum Capacity for Earth?

Maximum Capacity for Earth? [+ favourites]

"The carrying capacity of an ecosystem is defined as the "maximum population size of a species that an area can support without reducing its ability to support the same species in the future."

- This was a topic brought up in my math class by my teacher and he stated that the earth would reach it's "Maximum Capacity" for humans, i.e. Earth will not be able to support the amount of humans estimated to inhabit the earth at a specific time. Now he said it would take anywhere from 25-50 years for this to occur. I would like anyone with any insider or background information to inform me more on the subject. Do you think that the maximum capacity of the Earth will be reached? What could we do to fix this or prevent this?

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We have a long way before we reach a maximum capacity. Advances in terraforming (which are already in action) take care of space availability and also new technology developments which transform matter into various substances help with necessary raw materials. If we discover a way to transform the Sun's energy into matter, we are pretty much set for a while.

Assuming there is continuous population growth, we will have to start mining nearby planets, but I'm sure that's at least a couple of centuries away, if not much more.

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Assuming there is continuous population growth, we will have to start mining nearby planets, but I'm sure that's at least a couple of centuries away, if not much more.

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yet neither the increase in mass nor momentum of collisions every seem to effect the moon's orbit?

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