Global warming and the laws of nature

Concerns for the earth’s environment due to global warming are real. Global warming is associated with the so-called greenhouse gases which result from the increase in industrial activity required for modern human life.1 The strategies to control this unwelcome development are radical and will result in profound changes in life styles. However possibly, the real cause of the problem is not being addressed. The global human population has steadily increased from 1 billion in 1800 to 7.7 billion in 2018.2 If this growth were to continue, at 80 or so million annually, the world population could reach 11 billion by 2100. Imposing a further strain on the global resources which enabled this increase. A further source of greenhouse gases is that all humans exhale carbon dioxide and a third produce methane through colonic fermentation.3 The growth in western population, especially during the 19th century came from reduced...