Systems Engineering Project: Zero Population Growth by 2020

摘要

The scientific conclusion as to the primary cause of global warming is human beings. Human use of fossil fuels causes carbon dioxide emissions and the resultant green house effect. To avoid the fast approaching point of global melt down will require halting the population growth. No amount of technological advances to clean emissions will preclude the accumulation of gases in our atmosphere without stabilizing the population causing these emissions. The United Nations (UN) estimate for world population by 2050 is 10.5 billion, a prediction of doom. The current world population is 6.7 billion, if growth slows down to 7.5 billion by 2050 global warming may stabilize. The consequences of global warming are evident today, such as melting of the polar caps, resultant floods and rising coastal waters. To stabilize the situation and avoid disaster something must be done. Imagine you are the Systems Engineer selected to propose the 'Zero Population Growth by 2020' project. First you pick up your INCOSE Systems Engineering Handbook and then what would you do?