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'Way Too Many of Us Abstract: Time RESEARCH The Earth's limited supply of natural resources will only be able to sustain 2 billion humans by 2100, bad news for a world that feeds 5.6 billion. The optimum human population, or carrying capacity, for the U.S. is projected to be 200 million, 60 million fewer than the current population. Disappearing stocks of fertile land, fresh water, fossil fuel energy, and helpful biota will control human population the old-fashioned way—through starvation and disease—if we cannot reduce our numbers voluntarily. The Earth and its resources may be too small for all of us to share. Even if we learn how to make the most of a limited supply of land, energy, water and biota, Cornell ecologists have calculated that by the year 2100, the planet will be able to provide for only 2 billion humans—almost 4 billion less than today's world population— with a modest but comfortable standard of living. Only 200 million humans can be sustained by the natural resources of the United States, making the current population 23 percent over eco-budget. "If we refuse to reduce our numbers ourselves," warns David Pim- JUNE 1994 17 entel, PhD '51, professor of entomology and agricultural sciences, "nature will find much less pleasant ways to control human population: malnourishment, starvation, disease, stress and violence." The choice is simple, says Pimentel—total reproductive freedom now, or freedom from suffering in the not-so-distant future. Cornell researchers presented their findings at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in San Francisco. Their results were published in the May issue of Population and Environment, Joining Pimentel as coauthors were Marcia Pimentel '45, MS '50, retired senior lecturer in the Division of Nutritional Sciences, and undergraduates Rebecca Harman '92, Matthew Pacenza '93 and Jason Pecarsky '93. Optimum world population: 2 billion. Optimum U.S. population: 200 million. Ecologists call these magic numbers "carrying capacities." An area's carrying capacity (or "K") is the number of individuals of
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