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In The Last 200 Years The Population Of Our Planet Has Grown Exponentially, At A Rate Of 1.9% Per Year. If It Continued At This Rate, With The Population Doubling Every 40 Years, By 2600 We Would All Be Standing Literally Shoulder To Shoulder.

-Stephen Hawking

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In The Last 200 Years The Population Of Our Planet Has Grown Exponentially, At A Rate Of 1.9% Per Year. If It Continued At This Rate, With The Population Doubling Every 40 Years, By 2600 We Would All Be Standing Literally Shoulder To Shoulder.

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