Reply #45: It's exponential by virtue of it's biological process, no?

[Gregorian]

But yes, I agree with your sentiment regarding how the fuel behind population has slowed. And that it may never be able to see growth like it was.

I'd like to see more discussion regarding these issues. From math, the exponential has a coefficient, if I recall, that takes all of these things into consideration. Birth rate and death rate, essentially. All of what you posted goes into that.

There is still room for grave concern, unfortunately. We're not exactly stagnant, even if the birth/death ratio were one. This really IS more than just about population, although population is the more important factor. The two billion in India and China are just now "turning on the hot water". When one thinks of the damage the western world did with it's small population, one has to cringe thinking about 2 billion living that way.