Posted by: Slornie
« on: October 28, 2007, 10:19:42 AM »
Earth has more than enough production capacity for the population it holds. Food is not a problem: While the population of the world has increased hugely, the number of people who are malnourished has fallen. There is plenty of space for the population, we just need to sort out the distribution issues (lets have some innovation, floating cities, underwater cities, etc). The only real concern is supplies of clean fresh water.
And if we did colonise the Moon, it would be in self-sufficient modules, which would presumably include water treatment facilities, and intensive agriculture.