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6 billion people by 1 unit of natural resources per year per person and by 250
years gives 900 billion units of natural resources as the proper value for natural
resources initial NRI . This figure comes from the definition of usage rate as one
unit ...
6 billion people by 1 unit of natural resources per year per person and by 250
years gives 900 billion units of natural resources as the proper value for natural
resources initial NRI . This figure comes from the definition of usage rate as one
unit ...
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6 billion , the initial value of capital investment was 1 . 6 billion times 0 . 25 or 0 . 4
billion . 3 . 25 Capital Investment Generation CIG The generation of. CI . KECI . J
+ ( DT ) ( CIG . JK - CID . JK ) 24 , L CI = CIT 24 . 1 . N CI1 = . 4 E9 24 . 2 , C CI ...
6 billion , the initial value of capital investment was 1 . 6 billion times 0 . 25 or 0 . 4
billion . 3 . 25 Capital Investment Generation CIG The generation of. CI . KECI . J
+ ( DT ) ( CIG . JK - CID . JK ) 24 , L CI = CIT 24 . 1 . N CI1 = . 4 E9 24 . 2 , C CI ...
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The effect of a 30 % reduction in world - wide birth rate ( other things being equal
) is to delay by one generation the time when 8 billion population is reached . In
Figure 5 - 5 the capital investment rises somewhat more steeply than it did in ...
The effect of a 30 % reduction in world - wide birth rate ( other things being equal
) is to delay by one generation the time when 8 billion population is reached . In
Figure 5 - 5 the capital investment rises somewhat more steeply than it did in ...
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Introduction | 1 |
Structure of the World System | 17 |
Limits to Growth | 67 |
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