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...Heilbroner's gloomy figures practically by heart. Every ten years mankind's ener gy demands double. And even if they are met by extractions from granite or sea water or God knows what, thermal pollution will increase by 100% in the next couple of centuries, driving atmo spheric temperatures up an intolerable 50 degrees Centigrade. The population will be doubling in Latin America every 24 years, in Africa every 27 years, in Southeast Asia every 30 years...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Quo Vadis | 4/1/1974 | See Source »

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